Irena Forename
3,658th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 287,674 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania
Irena Forename User-submission:
Eiphnh, Irene, Irini, Irena etc. are derived from a Greek woman's name, which means 'peace'. It is often changed by the name are Rena, Rhinula, Rhino, Rhinaki. Although not very popular in Greece, it is widespread in other countries; and in various historical periods.
Read More About This ForenameIrena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 100% | 55,348 | 1:53 | 4 |
| Czechia | 100% | 43,050 | 1:248 | 67 |
| Poland | 100% | 42,645 | 1:892 | 143 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 26,525 | 1:200 | 45 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 14,993 | 1:164 | 16 |
| Croatia | 100% | 11,472 | 1:368 | 96 |
| Latvia | 100% | 10,456 | 1:193 | 42 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,604 | 1:10,066 | 704 |
| Serbia | 100% | 8,518 | 1:839 | 187 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 8,306 | 1:842 | 186 |
| United States | 100% | 8,092 | 1:44,802 | 2,620 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,473 | 1:15,072 | 2,079 |
| Albania | 100% | 4,502 | 1:677 | 87 |
| Russia | 99% | 4,018 | 1:35,897 | 840 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,903 | 1:54,890 | 3,768 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,128 | 1:3,673 | 646 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,848 | 1:11,634 | 1,291 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,512 | 1:102,693 | 11,484 |
| England | 100% | 2,494 | 1:22,295 | 1,363 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,785 | 1:4,708 | 808 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,354 | 1:8,076 | 521 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,021 | 1:9,655 | 861 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 918 | 1:2,278 | 447 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 791 | 1:21,368 | 2,013 |
| Belarus | 99% | 789 | 1:12,018 | 271 |
| Austria | 100% | 773 | 1:11,014 | 662 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 725 | 1:4,861 | 823 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 549 | 1:14,961 | 1,216 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 537 | 1:98,302 | 5,528 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 524 | 1:1,211 | 272 |
| Australia | - | 490 | 1:27,873 | 1,717 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 447 | 1:12,590 | 1,193 |
| Spain | 100% | 405 | 1:114,889 | 3,108 |
| Denmark | - | 402 | 1:14,053 | 1,004 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 369 | 1:83,432 | 2,556 |
| Estonia | 100% | 362 | 1:3,634 | 632 |
| France | 100% | 321 | 1:207,073 | 3,302 |
| Italy | 100% | 314 | 1:194,465 | 2,816 |
| Romania | 100% | 298 | 1:67,289 | 3,392 |
| Norway | 100% | 268 | 1:19,150 | 1,176 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 257 | 1:41,251 | 1,877 |
| Peru | 100% | 229 | 1:138,827 | 4,287 |
| Egypt | 100% | 217 | 1:423,507 | 12,330 |
| Thailand | 100% | 216 | 1:324,379 | 17,808 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 201 | 1:88,293 | 2,822 |
| Armenia | 100% | 197 | 1:14,816 | 1,030 |
| Georgia | 100% | 193 | 1:19,370 | 1,407 |
| Jordan | 100% | 185 | 1:47,712 | 1,523 |
| South Africa | 100% | 178 | 1:306,363 | 17,202 |
| Kosovo | - | 177 | 1:10,517 | 1,519 |
| Panama | 100% | 153 | 1:25,533 | 2,300 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 151 | 1:8,595 | 1,159 |
| Scotland | 100% | 150 | 1:35,669 | 1,308 |
| Liberia | 100% | 139 | 1:31,741 | 1,917 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 135 | 1:225,555 | 12,587 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 132 | 1:228,802 | 7,982 |
| Argentina | 100% | 130 | 1:329,025 | 3,077 |
| Ireland | 100% | 123 | 1:37,752 | 1,402 |
| India | 90% | 119 | 1:10,209,059 | 304,814 |
| Uganda | 100% | 109 | 1:375,752 | 9,898 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 99 | 1:105,366 | 5,394 |
| Aruba | - | 96 | 1:1,081 | 222 |
| New Zealand | - | 92 | 1:49,305 | 2,693 |
| Philippines | 100% | 87 | 1:1,218,500 | 31,300 |
| Wales | 100% | 87 | 1:35,567 | 1,472 |
| Finland | 100% | 74 | 1:74,097 | 2,048 |
| Mexico | 100% | 73 | 1:1,700,609 | 10,839 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 65 | 1:2,397 | 507 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 55 | 1:4,426 | 537 |
| Iceland | 75% | 47 | 1:7,788 | 785 |
| Moldova | 100% | 45 | 1:79,136 | 1,109 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| China | - | 41 | 1:33,318,434 | 61,276 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 40 | 1:594,242 | 30,447 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 37 | 1:23,543 | 1,381 |
| Hungary | 100% | 36 | 1:271,994 | 1,280 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 35 | 1:5,073,267 | 74,131 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Japan | - | 34 | 1:3,764,296 | 25,024 |
| Ukraine | - | 34 | 1:1,338,233 | 4,008 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 33 | 1:292,210 | 7,757 |
| Palestine | 100% | 33 | 1:137,881 | 2,106 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 33 | 1:165,845 | 1,456 |
| Nepal | 67% | 32 | 1:890,230 | 20,256 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,820 | 384 |
| Colombia | - | 24 | 1:1,990,789 | 16,766 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Jamaica | - | 21 | 1:137,297 | 5,200 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 20 | 1:771,191 | 29,892 |
| Haiti | 100% | 19 | 1:564,576 | 12,776 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 19 | 1:25,034 | 534 |
| Belize | 100% | 18 | 1:19,684 | 2,236 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73% | 18 | 1:452,906 | 34,619 |
| Saint Lucia | 94% | 18 | 1:9,879 | 1,352 |
| Congo | 100% | 17 | 1:294,659 | 6,743 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Chile | 100% | 15 | 1:1,173,814 | 9,993 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 15 | 1:37,603 | 1,694 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 14 | 1:340,568 | 6,089 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 14 | 1:3,825 | 453 |
| Singapore | 100% | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 12 | 1:497,773 | 15,496 |
| Cameroon | 79% | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 11 | 1:10,144 | 1,460 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Hong Kong | - | 9 | 1:861,414 | 5,456 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| El Salvador | - | 8 | 1:792,723 | 5,723 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| South Korea | 100% | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Iréna (38), Írena (30), Irèna (10), Irēna (4), Irenã (1), Irenà (1) & Irená (1) are calculated separately.
Irena (1,302) may also be a surname.
Irena Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Eiphnh, Irene, Irini, Irena etc. are derived from a Greek woman's name, which means 'peace'. It is often changed by the name are Rena, Rhinula, Rhino, Rhinaki. Although not very popular in Greece, it is widespread in other countries; and in various historical periods. indicative that in The US in the 1910s and 1920s it was among the 20 most popular names for girls, while in the Spain for the five years 2000-2005 were among the 15 most popular names.The name derives from the ancient Greek goddess Irini, a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and was the personification of peace and wealth. In art she was depicted as a young beautiful woman holding the Horn of Amalthea, a scepter and a torch.
The name Eirini comes from the verb iiro, which means 'to connect', which is why its presence often becomes catalytic for uniting people.
- irener21Irena Forename Popularity
Irena Demographics
Average Irena Salary in
United States
$44,724 USD
Per year
Rank:
186,183 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00223957
Rank: 2,559 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
102.75%
Sample size: 4,128 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Irena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Irena in the Russian language | ||
| Ирена | irena | - |
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