Ires

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ires is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Turkish surname134 records spelled Ires2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Philippines

  Also written Ireş

• French given name126 records spelled Ires2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Congo - Kinshasa

  Also written Irès

• Arabic given name34 records spelled Ires2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Irés

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ires is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, second-person singular personal infinitive of ir

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, acronym of imposta sul reddito delle società (“corporate tax”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, second-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of eō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In rif, alternative form of iřes: tongue

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, only used in ires y venires

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

BR IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) — 11 years between 1930–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 57 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ires?

We estimate roughly 5.5 thousand people bear Ires (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.

In which country does Ires have the most bearers?

We estimate about 5.4 thousand people bear Ires in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ires.

Where is Ires most common?

Ires is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 39 thousand people carrying it.

Is Ires a male or female name?

Ires is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ires mean?

Recorded meaning: third-person singular simple present indicative of ire