Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: *

Irene (given name) Irene (), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek language, Greek word for "peace". Eirene (goddess), Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), ...

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 Rocky Mountain National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is s ...

, 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) The 1947 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1947, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year whe ...

* 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 Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth tropical cyclone naming, named storm, first hurricane, and first major ...

(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 Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A former opera singer and actress, she was featured in the short story " A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891. Adler is one of the ...

, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia" *

Destiny (Irene Adler) Destiny is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #141, published on October 21, ...

, 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 ''Man on the Rocks'' is the twenty-fifth studio album by British musician Mike Oldfield, released on 3 March 2014 on the Virgin EMI label. The album is Oldfield's second full album of exclusively songs with no long or instrumental pieces, the f ...

'' * "Irene", a song by tobyMac on the 2001 album ''

Momentum In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (: momenta or momentums; more specifically linear momentum or translational momentum) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. ...

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 Irene of Athens (, ; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (, ), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 unti ...

, Byzantine empress from 797 to 802 * Irene (costume designer), American fashion designer and costume designer *

IRENE (technology) IRENE (''Image, Reconstruct, Erase Noise, Etc.'') is a digital imaging technology designed to recover analog audio stored on fragile or deteriorating phonograph cylinders, records, and other grooved audio media. It is in use by several archive ...

, an optical method for playing sound recordings *

14 Irene 14 Irene () is a large main-belt asteroid, discovered by the English astronomer John Russell Hind on May 19, 1851. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of with a period of and an eccentricity of 0.168. The orbital plane is tilted at an a ...

, an asteroid * Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH₃)₄C₁₀H₈ formed by dehydration of irone * A

rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers. It is a member of the sage family, Lamiaceae. The species is native to the Mediterranean r ...

cultivar * A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant * Operation Irini, a European Union Naval Operation