Comments (Pronunciation Only)
I-rene, I-reeny both used in UK. Quite an uncommon name nowadays though.
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Most names have what is called a Canon pronunciation like this one is in fact "EYE-REEN" but there are some who are given family preferred pronunciations like "eaR-ayNay". Like mine is "Stephen" which is canon as "STEV-en" however there are commoners that pronounce it as the spelling as pronunciation "STeF-ən".
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Pronounced "ee-REN" in Swedish, "ee-RE-ne" in both Danish and Norwegian.
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My Paternal Grandma is called Irene. We call her eye-reen. My mother is French and pronounces it ee-rehne.
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Irene is unusual in that it has various pronunciations. In the U.S. I've only heard it pronouncd Eye-Reen, as with the famous 1930's movie star Irene Dunne. The British seem to prefer Eye-Ree-Nee as with the actress Irene Worth (although she was apparently born American). In other parts of Europe, the pronunciation ranges from Eh-Reh-Nee to Ir-Reh-Nuh.
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I know an English-born lady in her 90s who's spent most of her life in Australia and she uses the 3-syllables.
In one of the Leslie Dunkling name books there's a quote from a British lady called Irene - she explains that in the early 20th century an American musical was performed in London, and became a theatrical hit. It included a song about an Irene. But the American composer had set the word Irene to only two notes. The song caught on in England, and the 3-syllable pronunciation was doomed!
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In one of the Leslie Dunkling name books there's a quote from a British lady called Irene - she explains that in the early 20th century an American musical was performed in London, and became a theatrical hit. It included a song about an Irene. But the American composer had set the word Irene to only two notes. The song caught on in England, and the 3-syllable pronunciation was doomed!
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My grandma has this name. In Spanish, I've only heard it pronounced as EE-re-ne.
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I've heard it pronounced "ee-RAY-nay" in the 1995 film "Mi Familia".
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Pronounced ee-RAY-nuh in Germany. [noted -ed]
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In Portuguese this name is pronounced "EE-rehn".
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My great aunt Irene pronounced it i-REE-nee.
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The older pronunciation (still used to some extent in England, I believe) is ie-REE-nee.
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