Irene Explained

Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace".

Irene, and related names, may refer to:

• Irene (given name)

Places

• Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
• Irene, South Dakota, United States
• Irene, Texas, United States
• Irene, West Virginia, United States
• Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada
• Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States
• Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States
• Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada
• Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand
• Eirini metro station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece

Storms and hurricanes

• Tropical Storm Irene (1947)
• Tropical Storm Irene (1959)
• Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971)
• Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season
• Hurricane Irene (1999)
• Hurricane Irene (2005)
• Hurricane Irene (2011)

Arts and entertainment

Films and anime

• Irene (1926 film), an American silent film
• Irene (1940 film), an American film
• Irene (2002 film), a French film
• Irene (2009 film), a French film
• Irina Jelavić, a character in the manga and anime Assassination Classroom
• Eirene, a character in the anime SoltyRei
• Irene, the female protagonist of the 2011 movie Drive
• Irene Belserion, a character in the manga Fairy Tail
• Irene Moffat, a character in the 1987 American fantasy comedy movie Harry and the Hendersons

Literature

• Irene (play), a play written by Samuel Johnson between 1726 and 1749
• Irène (tragedy), a 1778 play by Voltaire
• "Irene", an 1831 poem by Edgar Allan Poe, also known as "The Sleeper"
• Irene Adler, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia"
• Destiny (Irene Adler), a Marvel Comics character
• Irene Redfield, a character in the novel Passing, by Nella Larsen
• Irene Forsyte, a character in The Forsyte Saga
• Irene Pollock, a character in the 44 Scotland Street series
• Irene Van de Kamp, a character in the Good Girls (comics) series
• Irene Kennedy, a character in multiple Mitch Rapp novels by Vince Flynn
• Princess Irene, the heroine of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
• The eponymous protagonist of Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittrick Ros

Music

• Irene (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical
• Irene (singer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer and member of the girl group Red Velvet
• Irene, a character in the opera Tamerlano by Handel
• Irene, a character in the opera Bajazet by Vivaldi
• "Irene", a song by Beach House on the 2012 album Bloom
• "Irene", a song by Mike Oldfield on the 2014 album Man on the Rocks
• "Irene", a song by tobyMac on the 2001 album Momentum

Television

• Irene the Concierge, a character in the TV series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• Irene Frederic, a character in the series Warehouse 13

Ships

• Irene (ketch), a 1907 sailing ship
• Irene (sternwheeler), a 1900s steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
• Irene-class cruiser, of the German Imperial Navy
  • , a German protected cruiser in service from 1887 to 1921
• HMS Princess Irene
• , a British refrigerated cargo liner in service from 1961 to 1970
• , a Greek-owned freighter
• , a Greek-owned supertanker
• TSS Irene (1885), a steam turbine cargo vessel in service from 1885 to 1906
• SS Irene, a China Merchants Steam Navigation Company steamship, sank in 1927 by Royal Navy submarines in the Irene incident

Other uses

• Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress from 797 to 802
• Irene (singer), the stage name of Red Velvet's Bae Joo-hyun
• Irene (costume designer), American fashion designer and costume designer
• IRENE (technology), an optical method for playing sound recordings
• 14 Irene, an asteroid
• Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH₃)₄C₁₀H₈ formed by dehydration of irone
• A rosemary cultivar
• A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant
• Operation Irini, a European Union Naval Operation

See also

• Eirene (disambiguation)
• Irina (disambiguation)
• Irena (disambiguation)
• Iren (disambiguation)