Entry № 2794 · Greek origin

Eirene Eirene — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eye-REE-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Peace; goddess of peace"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Antiquity

A name that means "peace; goddess of peace".

Eirene is the Greek goddess of peace, and the original of the name Irene — from eirene, peace.

Peace; goddess of peace — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Eirene
Transliteration
Eirene
Pronunciation
/ aɪˈɾe.ne /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eirene stands.

Eirene does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Eirenes before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Eirene.

The number behind Eirene.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eirene reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.