Irine

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Irene in US United States, BR Brazil, ES Spain and 21 more, אירן in HU Hungary, IL Israel, Ireen in FI Finland and Ειρηνη in CY Cyprus.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

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◐

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

• Portuguese given name9.0K records spelled Irine4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, United States, India

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Irinê, Iriné

• French given name1.0K records spelled Irine5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, France, Spain, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Iriné, Îrine, Îrïne

• Russian given name281 records spelled Irine9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Ирине, Иринэ, Ірине, Іріне

39 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●

Irine is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latin, vocative masculine singular of īrinus

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

• In izh, whining, squeaking

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 68 years between 1895–1978. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Irine Melikishvilib. 1943GEGeorgian linguist (1943–2013)
• Irina Gabashvilib. 1960GEnot in their usual nameSoviet rhythmic gymnast
• Irine Kvachadzeb. 1962GEGeorgian physiologist
• Irine Kurdadzeb. 1968GEGeorgian politician
• Irine Darchiab. 1972GEGeorgian university teacher
• Irina Pruidzeb. 1976GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian politician (born 1976)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 140 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Irine?

We estimate roughly 602 thousand people bear Irine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Irine have the most bearers?

Irine is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled irene.

Where is Irine most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Irine is densest in Hungary — about 1 in 203 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Irine compared with other names?

In Argentina, Irine is the 264th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Irine a male or female name?

Irine 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.