Female name
When is Irene’s name day?
Ειρήνη · Eirini
Main name day
Saint Irene the Great Martyr
The Greek name Ειρήνη (Eirini) is celebrated on 5 May.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Irene the Great MartyrGreat martyr of the early Christian centuries.According to tradition, Irene was originally named Penelope and was the daughter of a minor king called Licinius. A priest secretly baptised her and gave her the name Irene, which brought her into conflict with her father after she destroyed the idols in their household.Read more
- Saint Irene Chrysovalantou9th centuryNinth-century abbess of the Chrysovalantou monastery in Constantinople, originally from Cappadocia.Irene came from a wealthy Cappadocian family known for her piety and upbringing. Asked in marriage by an official of the imperial court, she set out for Constantinople, but on the way stopped at the Chrysovalantou monastery and decided to remain there as a nun, giving her wealth to the poor and to the monastery.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Ρένα, Ρένια, Ειρηνούλα
- In Latin letters
- Eirini, Irini, Irene
- English equivalents
- Irene
- In Greek
- Ειρήνη