Irina
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Pronunciation | |
Gender | Female |
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Bulgarian Russian Albanian Romanian Greek Ukrainian |
Meaning | Peace |
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Related names |
Erina Irene Arina |
Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of peace.
Diminutive forms in Slavic languages include Ira, Irinka, Irinushka, Irisha, Irka, Irochka, Irinochka, Irishenka.
Origin
Irina is connected with Irene of Macedon (1st-2nd century) who was the first woman recognized by the church as a great martyr. She was born pagan as Penelope and later baptized by Saint Timothy as Irene.
Notable people with this name
Nobility and politics
- Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
- Irina Yusupova
- Irina Walker, daughter of King Michael I of Romania
- Irina Khakamada, Russian politician
Arts and music
- Irina Allegrova, Russian singer
- Irina Antonenko, Miss Russia 2010
- Irina Ionesco, French photographer
- Irina Iordachescu, Romanian soprano opera singer
- Irina Saari, Finnish pop singer, better known by her mononym Irina
- Irina Toneva, Russian pop singer
Actresses and models
- Irina Pantaeva, Siberian fashion model and actress
- Irina Sharipova, fashion model, 1st runner-up at Miss Russia 2010. Contestant of Miss World 2010
- Irina Shayk, model originally from Russia
- Irina Voronina, Playboy Playmate originally from Russia
- Irina Lazareanu, Romanian-born Canadian model
Sports
- Irina Alexeeva, Russian gymnast
- Irina Baskakova, Soviet track and field sprinter
- Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player
- Irina Bespalova, Russian butterfly swimmer
- Irina Deleanu, Romanian former individual rhythmic gymnast
- Irina Kostyuchenkova, Ukrainian javelin thrower
- Irina Krush, chess player
- Irina Lashko, Russian-born Australian diver
- Irina Loghin, Romanian folk singer
- Irina Mikitenko, Kazakhstan-born German long-distance runner, former winner of both the Berlin and London marathons
- Irina Podyalovskaya, Soviet middle distance runner
- Irina Ponarovskaya, Soviet and Russian singer
- Irina Press, Soviet 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
- Irina Rodnina, Soviet figure skater
- Irina Sazonova, Russian-Icelandic gymnast
- Irina Slutskaya, Russian world champion figure skater
- Irina Tebenikhina, Russian volleyball player
- Irina Ufimtseva, Russian freestyle swimmer
Other
- Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko (1924-1973), Russian tank commander
- Irina Livezeanu, Romanian-born American historian
Fictional characters
- Irina, the child protagonist in Magdalen Nabb's 'The Enchanted Horse'.
- Irina Derevko, KGB and Covenant terrorist, a main character in the Alias series
- Irina Palm, pseudonym of the main character in 2007 film of the same name
- Irina Spalko, a fictional Soviet Union KGB agent in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Irina Clayton, a.k.a. Choir, a former member of the Xavier Institute student body and the Street Team X-Men in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Irina, One of the three sisters in Anton Chekhov's play 'Three Sisters'
- Irina Kerchenkov, a Russian model in Sarra Manning's Fashionistas book series
- Irina Denali, a member of the Denali coven in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Irina, a character from the novel series The Heroic Legend of Arslan by Yoshiki Tanaka.
- Irina Shidō, a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series High School DxD by Ichiei Ishibumi.
- The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Irina.
- Irina Jelavić, a fictional character in the Japanese manga and anime Assassination Classroom
- Irina Clockworker, an antagonist from a series of Vocaloid songs known as "The Evillious Chronicles"
- Irina of House Griffin, a playable character in PC game Might and Magic: Heroes VI
See also
- Irina (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with Irina
- All pages beginning with Iryna
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