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Originates from the Greek goddess Eirene, meaning Peace.

People named Irene

• Irene Bedard (born 1967), Native American (Alaskan: Inupiat Eskimo and Métis) actress best known for her portrayal of Native American characters
• Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera in 1959), American singer, Academy Award-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
• Irene Castle born Irene Foote (1893-1969), one of the husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers of the early 20th century
• Irene Eijs (born 1966), Dutch rower
• Irene Jacob (born 1966), French-born Swiss actress
• Irene de Kok (born 1963), Dutch judoka
• Irene Lentz also known as Irene Gibbons (1900-1962), American clothing designer in Los Angeles, leading to her career as a costume designer for films in the 1930s
• Irene Papas (born Irene Lelekou, in 1926 or 1929), Greek actress
• Irene Piotrowski (born 1941), Lithuanian-Canadian athlete
• Irene Ryan, American actress
• Irene Saez (born 1961), Venezuelan politician and former Miss Universe
• Tzitzak, wife of Emperor Constantine V, who was baptized as Irene
• Byzantine Empress Irene, wife of Emperor Leo IV and empress regnant 797-802 AD
• Eirene, ancient Greek artist
• Eirene, Greek goddess of peace (one of the Horae)
• Several Saint Irenes, including Irene of Tomar
• Princess Irene of the Netherlands, sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
• Irene van Dyk, successful goal shooter for the New Zealand netball team, the Silver Ferns
• Irene Yu, upstanding young business major at the University of Missouri-Columbia; Chinese and little

Irene Bedard (22 July 1967) is an actress best known for her portrayal of Native American characters in a variety of films. ... Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera on March 18, 1959 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American singer, Academy Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning, and a two-time Golden Globe-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. ... Vernon and Irene Castle in 1914 Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers of the early 20th century. ... Irene Elisabeth Maria Eijs (born December 16, 1966 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who won a bronze medal in the womens double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia alongside Eeke van Nes. ... Irène Marie Jacob (born July 15, 1966) is a French-born Swiss actress. ... Irene Margreta Maria de Kok (born August 29, 1963 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who represented Holland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ... Irene Lentz (December 8, 1900 - November 15, 1962) was a fashion designer and Hollywood studio costume designer known by her first name, Irene. ... Irene Papas (Greek Ειρήνη Παππά, born September 3, 1926 in Corinth) is a Greek-born actress who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years. ... Irene Piotrowski (born July 9, 1941 in Skaudvile, Lithuania) is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964 (Tokyo, Japan). ... Irene Ryan (born Irene Noblette) was one of the few entertainers who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway. ... Irene Lailin Sáez Conde (born 13 December 1961) is a Venezuelan who won the Miss Universe title in 1981 in New York City, and later became an important figure in Venezuelas political arena. ... Khazar princess, daughter of Khagan Bihar. ... This solidus struck under Irene reports the legend bASILISSH, Basilissa. ... In Greek mythology, the Horae (hours) were the three goddesses controlling orderly life. ... Horae in Meyers, 1888 In Greek mythology, the Horae were three goddesses controlling orderly life. ... Saint Irene (Holy Peace) was the sister of Saint Agape (Holy Love) and Saint Chionia (Snow-White), three young girls of Thessalonica. ... Saint Irene of Tomar (in Portuguese: Santa Iria) was a martyr of the Visigothic church in Portugal. ... Princess Irene Emma Elisabeth of the Netherlands (born August 5, 1939), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, is the second child of then Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (later Queen Juliana) and Prince Bernhard, a former prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld. ... Irene van Dyk (born June 21, 1972 in Vereeniging, South Africa) is one of the worlds best-known netball players and the most capped player of all time. ...

Other Uses

• Irene (musical) is a Broadway musical that was first produced in 1919
• The asteroid 14 Irene.
• Irene, South Africa is a small town in Gauteng.
• A hydrocarbon C13 H18 formed by dehydration of irone.
• Irene is a 1949 novel by Ronald James Marsh.
• Irene has been used as the name of a number of tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere (see Tropical Storm Irene) – most recently Hurricane Irene (2005).
• Irene is the name of a song on the album Momentum, the first album by Christian rapper/singer tobyMac. The song is track 3 on the album.
• Irene was also the go-code for the final stage of Operation Gothic Serpent(also known as the Battle of Mogadishu).
• Irene (NBC), a proposed 1981 NBC sitcom (pilot), starring then Fame star Irene Cara. It also featured veterans Kaye Ballard and Theodore Wilson and was a jumpstart for newcomers Keenan Ivory Wayans, Julia Duffy and Michael Winslow.

Irene is from the Greek Ειρηνη meaning peace (compare "eirenical"), and is sometimes written Irini. It is sometimes pronounced as two syllables, but in Greek as three syllables. Irene is a musical with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and music by Harry Tierney. ... 14 Irene (eye REE nee) is a very large Main belt asteroid. ... Irene is a small town south of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. ... Ronald Marsh, sometimes cited as Ronald James Marsh (1914-1987), was a British author who was born in Broadstairs in Kent and spent much of his life in Rochester, where he was City Librarian. ... The name Irene has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. ... B C D E F G H I 10 J K L M N O P R 19 S T 22 V W Αα Ββ Γγ Δδ Εε Ζζ Categories: | | ... Momentum is the first album released by Toby McKeehan under the name tobyMac. ... Combatants United States Habar Gedir other Mogadishu local militia Commanders Maj. ... Fame is a 1980 musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva, directed by Alan Parker. ... Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera on March 18, 1959 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American singer, Academy Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning, and a two-time Golden Globe-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. ... Kaye Ballard, born Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1926, in Cleveland, Ohio to an Italian immigrant father, is an actress who has appeared on Broadway and on television. ... Theodore Teddy Wilson (December 10, 1943-July 21, 1991) was an African-American character actor best known for his role as Earl the mailman on the ABC sitcom Thats My Mama from 1974 till 1975, he was born in New York, New York on December 10, 1943, he was... Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor, comedian, director and writer. ... For the fictional character in the Axis of Time trilogy, see Julia Duffy (Axis of Time). ... Michael Winslow (born September 6, 1958 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor and comedian known as the Man of 10,000 Sound Effects for his ability to make realistic sound effects using only his voice. ...

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