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Irine
How to Pronounce Irine
Pronounced eye-REEN /aɪˈriːn/Medium
Meaning: Irine is a variant spelling of Irene, from Greek eirene, 'peace' — the name of the Greek goddess of peace. The altered spelling keeps the parent name's meaning intact; it reflects period and immigrant-record variation rather than a new origin.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Irine is a variant spelling of Irene, from Greek eirene, 'peace,' borne in myth by the goddess of peace and later by Byzantine empresses. The i-for-e spelling turns up in early-twentieth-century American records, often through family habit or immigrant registration. The meaning is exactly that of Irene.
The spelling crested around 1922 and stayed uncommon, worn by roughly fifteen hundred girls before fading by the late 1970s. A woman named Irine at the peak is now past a hundred or near it, a great-grandmother-era name. The mainstream Irene long outlived this variant, which reads as a period spelling rather than a revival candidate.
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What does the name Irine mean?
Irine is a spelling of Irene, from Greek eirene, 'peace,' and carries that same meaning.
How do you pronounce Irine?
It's said eye-REEN /aɪˈriːn/ — two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Irine a boy or girl name?
Irine is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Irine?
Irine was an uncommon vintage spelling of Irene that crested in the nineteen-twenties and has been rare since.