Irena - Meaning of Irena

What does Irena mean?

[ 3 syll. i-re-na, ir-ena ] The baby girl name Irena is pronounced in Dutch as iyREYNaa or in Polish as iyREHNaa †. Irena is of Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in Czech, Dutch, English, Greek, Polish, Russian, Slavic, and Spanish. Irena is a variant of Irene (English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish).

Irena is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Among the family of girl names directly related to Irena, Irene was the most popular in 2011.

Baby names that sound like Irena include Iraina, Irayna, Iremea, Irene, Irenee, Ireny, Irénée, Irina, Iuan, Iuane, Iuann, Iuanne, Aerion, Earwinna, Earwyna, Earwynna, Eirene, Eirnea, Eirneah, and Erian.

† Pronunciation for Irena: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"