Irene

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.
• 14 Irene, a main belt asteroid.
• A female given name from Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century.
• city/and/town South Dakota (state) USA (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη ("peace"), name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress. Eirini.