Comments for the name Irena

It's used in Bulgaria too. It's like in Serbian: Èðåíà.

Dutch pronunciation is ee-RAY-nah.

Irena Adler is the chief antagonist in the Sherlock Holmes story "Scandal in Bohemia".

"Irena" is a the goddess of anger in ancient Greek mythology. The name is commonly used in Bulgaria as well. Some describe it as a cognate of Irina (also of Greek origin - meaning "peace").

Czech name day for Irena is April 16.

Irena is a Russian name as well.

Czech and Slovak pronunciation is "ee-RE-nah" (short -ee-).

Irena Sendler - Polish head of Zegota children's department in the 1940s: saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis.

Famous bearers:
Indian singer Irena Horváthová
Czech writer Irena Fuchsová
Czech writer Irena Charvátová
Macedonian painter Irena Cakirpaloglu
Czech writer/director Irena Pavlásková
Czech singer Irena Budweiser

Irena was the name of the cat woman in the 1942 film Cat People, played by Simone Simon. She reappears in the sequel, the misleadingly titled Curse of the Cat People, as a benevolent ghost who helps a child, the daughter of her husband by another woman.

A very pretty, mature name. A very good friend of mine is called Irena, and she is kind, funny and polite. She is from Latvia.