Irina
A Greek name meaning "peace", carried in Poland with a Russian inflection. Only about 4,000 women here bear it and it's given less each year, so most Poles will never meet one.
Irina Pronunciation
Irina is pronounced ee-REE-nah (/iˈrina/).
What Irina means
Where Irina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Irina begins in Greek, in the word eirene, which means peace. In myth Eirene was one of the Horai, a small goddess who stood for calm between wars. The name moved east and took root in Russian, where Irina became one of the enduring names on the church calendar.
It rarely arrives alone. Irena is the settled Polish spelling, and Iryna is the version a reader recognizes at once as Ukrainian. All three hold the same root, and all three answer to pokój.
The tie to peace is no accident here. Unlike names whose meaning was pinned on later, Irina wears its sense plainly, since eirene simply was the Greek noun for peace.
Read a class register and you find her: Irina, from eirene, peace.
How many people are named Irina
1 in 5473 women in Poland is named Irina. 4,119 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #528 among female names.
Irina's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Irina is most popular
Irina is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Irina as a middle name
Irina is a first name for 4,119 women in Poland and a middle name for another 67, a 98/2 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 830th, between Ineza (67) and Kathrin (67).
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#828 Georgia67
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#829 Ineza67
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#830 Irina67
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#831 Kathrin67
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#832 Kelly67