Irene

原This is my godmother's name. I think it's very pretty and I love the meaning.

原Modern Greek transcription forms are: Eirini and Irini.

原It is also used in Modern Greek, a transcription of Ειρήνη (Eirini/Irini).

原My name is Irene and it's pronounced as I-reen. I love it so much even though it seems kinda an old name. Keep it classic.

原One of my favorite dated names. Irene is such an elegant and classic name.

原Irene is the name of the titular princess from The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. The animated movie based on the book uses the ie-REE-nee pronunciation.

原I'm here from Aphmau's Minecraft Diaries. This name is very beautiful and I would really like to name my children this.

原I really like this name. I was considering naming my daughter Irene, but I changed my mind after so many people told me that it's "too dated."

原I have a neutral feeling towards this name. I neither hate nor love it. Just a name I tolerate and pass by without much thought. It does suit an older female more to be honest.The name is said as I-reen.

原Irene is the younger sister of singer Mariska Veres.

原Irene is a beautiful name. I can see why some people don't like it, but please don't insult the name. People who have this name will feel hurt. Thank you.

原Irene is written as آيرين in Arabic.

原My sister has this name and I think it is nice although I don't know if I would ever use it. My dad used to sing "Good night Irene" to her for fun. I love the meaning - "peace".

原My Paternal Grandma is called Irene. We call her eye-reen. My mother is French and pronounces it ee-rehne.

原Irene is unusual in that it has various pronunciations. In the U.S. I've only heard it pronouncd Eye-Reen, as with the famous 1930's movie star Irene Dunne. The British seem to prefer Eye-Ree-Nee as with the actress Irene Worth (although she was apparently born American). In other parts of Europe, the pronunciation ranges from Eh-Reh-Nee to Ir-Reh-Nuh.

原An utterly gorgeous name. X.

原A common Greek nickname for Irene is Rena.

原A famous bearer of the name was Irene Dunne (1898-1990), American actress of golden Hollywood.

原Irene Adler is a character in the Sherlock Holmes short story "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

原It's a very pretty name, and it would be nice to see it make a comeback. I like the nickname Ira.

原Irene Redfield is the main character in Passing, a novel by Nella Larsen. She is an unlikeable character.

原Name of the Day: March 23, 2013.

原In Gone with the Wind, Scarlett's youngest sister is named Caroline Irene, but she goes by Carreen.

原This name is also used in The Netherlands - the most famous Dutch bearer of this name is Princess Irene (b. 1939), one of the sisters of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands.

原Irene Bedard (born July 22, 1967) is an American actress of Native American heritage. She provided the voice for Pocahontas in the Disney film of the same name.

原I think that the name Irene has a peaceful meaning. This name is unpopular now, but it was popular in the last century. So I think that Irene will become popular again in the future. Anyway, Irene is a nice name. I will probably use it.

原I know an English-born lady in her 90s who's spent most of her life in Australia and she uses the 3-syllables.In one of the Leslie Dunkling name books there's a quote from a British lady called Irene - she explains that in the early 20th century an American musical was performed in London, and became a theatrical hit. It included a song about an Irene. But the American composer had set the word Irene to only two notes. The song caught on in England, and the 3-syllable pronunciation was doomed!

原It is somewhat true that this name sounds like an old lady's name and it dates back many years ago of when it came into usage as a name. The reason it is labeled as an "old lady's name" is because it became very popular and widespread since the time it was used as a name that a lot of women, young and old, are named Irene. I don't think you should rely on the facts that because it's so common it should be labeled as a "Granny" name, WRONG. Go accordingly with your taste in names, not with critics. Be rational, because critics can drive you crazy. If you see it the same way they do, then you can rely on your reasoning. I think this name doesn't sound bad at all and it has a great meaning. The spelling of Irene and Eirene partly resemble the country Ireland because of the Ire and Eire lettering, and that is what they actually mean. Why not say this name is a good choice for an Irish girl. Overall, this is a good name for anyone, but it's not my favorite. However, if this is your name, and if it were mine, I wouldn't change it and neither should you. Lastly, I never heard anyone make fun of this name. There is a reason to be proud of it. So, if you have a nice name, you should be proud of it, even if you don't like yourself.

原My name is Irene, pronounced eye-REEN, and I've always hated it. I have been told it's a beautiful name, but I've also been told it's an old lady name. I have never liked either the sound or meaning of the name, because I find a name that means "peace" very unfitting for someone who's so full of inner chaos like myself. Though there's thousands of names I like better, I would never change it.

原Was very popular in Constantinople, most famous is Empress Irene, regnant alone from 797 to 802, there are also several Bulgarian queens with name Irene.

原The name "Irene" was also given to a hurricane which damaged severely the Caribbean, the United States East Coast and Atlantic Canada in 2011.I don't like it that they give female names to hurricanes. My name is Irene and I'm teased a lot about it!:(

原I have actually began to like the English pronunciation, but I much prefer the German one.

原The English pronunciation is really hideous to me. EYE-reeeeen. Ugh. I think the Italian and Spanish pronunciation is very nice, it's ee-ren-ay.

原I'm named Irene, at first I really didn't like it, but I'm starting to warm up to it, I've only ever met 1 other person named Irene - so it's pretty unique, but unfortunately I've had stupid nicknames such as irenis or irenis the penis and other variants of them bestowed upon me by certain friends.

原I hate this name because of the sound of it and the last three letters of the name.

原I think this is a great name, but seems rather old-fashioned nowadays, which is a shame because I think it could be easily recycled and freshened up on a young girl. And Reenee is a really great-sounding nickname. :)

原I've only known one person my age (born in the early 1970s) named Irene. She was named after a grandmother but seemed so cool when we were in college that I had positive associations with it. Then there's Irene Adler, the only woman ever to best Sherlock Holmes, and the fact that it's a traditional Greek and Russian royal name. It's a prettier name when it's pronounced the European way as ee-RAY-nuh, the way it's pronounced in the Sherlock Holmes Grenada series with Jeremy Brett. Eye-REEN is the way it seems to be pronounced in most English-speaking countries, though.

原I have loved the name Irene since I first saw the film "Gattaca." Until then I thought Irene was an old-lady's name, but the name seemed really fresh and elegant on Uma Thurman's character in the movie.

原Terrible in English-speaking languages.

原I think it is a beautiful, reserved name, and is well-suited to my favourite [and only] mam-gu. A peaceful, contented, happy sort of name, and one that is quite nice when shortened to 'Reney' [Pronounced REENEE].

原I don't know why people like this name so much. It's not a bad name and the meaning is nice enough, but it's very old fashioned. I mean, have you ever come across a pretty young girl with a name like Irene, Sheila or Margaret?

原This is my middle name and both of my grandmothers' names. I was literally destined to have this name. I guess it goes well with my first name (which is Deana), but I particularly don't care for it.

原I pronounce it I-ree-nee, and I love it!

原Irene (pronounced Ie-REE-nee) Handl (1901-87) was a British actress of Austrian and French parentage. She was a wonderful comedic presence in lots of films from the 1950s and 1960s that still occasionally appear on British television.The pronunciation of Irene of her generation (reflected in the character Irene Heron in Galsworthy's "The Forsyte Saga" in the BBC television series of the late 1960s) is seldom if ever heard in Britain anymore.

原Everything about this name is wonderful. The pronunciation, the spelling, the usage. I love it. It's not boring, either.

原My name is Irene (pronounced in Spanish, Ee-REH-neh or something like this) and I think it's absolutely classy, beautiful and elegant. Unfortunately is very common nowadays in Spain, but yet, it's so beautiful. And I don't like the English pronunciation at all!

原I personally see nothing wrong with this name. It's not my favorite in the universe, but it's pretty.

原This name is crap in English, but sounds nice in other languages. In English, it sounds like the name of a dim-witted country girl. I would suggest English-speakers to leave the name alone, but in other languages, it sounds quite pretty, and nicely mature as well.

原Name of the day on March 23, 2008.

原Also used in Ireland.

原The infamous title 'character' in the song known as either "Irene, Goodnight" or "Goodnight Irene," an old folk standard.

原I think Irene is an all-time-classic and pretty name, especially when pronounced AI-REEN. Interesting combinations; Grace-Irene, Brenda-Irene, Martha-Irene.

原This is my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother's middle name, and my mom hates it. I think it's an okay name, just not one of my favorites. I'm just glad it's not my middle name!

原Irene was the sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, the last tsaritsa of Russia.

原Correction! Irene Worth was American, not British. She was born Harriet Elizabeth Abrams. She did use the pronunciation "Ie-REE-nee."

原Irene (pronounced Ie-REE-nee) Worth was a British actress.

原Irene Van Dyk is a 6 foot goal shooter who plays for the Silver Ferns (New Zealand netball team.) She was a South African who moved to New Zealand. She is very good at Netball. :)

原This name RULES!

原I love Irene for a middle name.

原I have only heard it pronounced IE-reen. I don't particularly like this name. The only thing that is okay about this name is the nickname Reenie.

原My grandma has this name. In Spanish, I've only heard it pronounced as EE-re-ne.

原I've heard it pronounced "ee-RAY-nay" in the 1995 film "Mi Familia".

原Listen to the German pronunciation of Irene here:http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

原Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón is the name of the fourth child of Princess Cristina of Spain and her husband Iñaki Urdangarín.

原Pronounced ee-RAY-nuh in Germany. [noted -ed]

原Irene is a very pretty name. I like what it means and it sounds soft, classy and mysterious yet simple.

原I think it is a beautiful name with a pretty sound and a good meaning. Peace is a very important matter for anyone now, whether it is a peaceful world or a peace in each person's mind.

原A famous bearer is Irene Cara.

原In Portuguese this name is pronounced "EE-rehn".

原A famous bearer of this name is Princess Irene of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She is the sister of queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

原Irene was the baptismal name of Arlene Dietrich.

原My great aunt Irene pronounced it i-REE-nee.

原The older pronunciation (still used to some extent in England, I believe) is ie-REE-nee.

原Irène Marie Jacob is a dual French-Swiss actress considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation. Jacob gained international recognition and acclaim through her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. She won the 1991 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Kieślowski film The Double Life of Véronique, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for his 1994 film Three Colors: Red. Her other film appearances include The Secret Garden, Beyond the Clouds, U.S. Marshals, and Eternity.

原I like the English version of Irene but I prefer the French version. It has "Rene" in it which means "queen" in French (the way it's pronounced not the way it's spelt) and it sounds more mature than Irene.

原Irène Marie Jacob is a French-born Swiss actress.