Irina

Where Irina comes from

From Russian Ири́на (Irína), akin to English Irene.
— Wiktionary's entry for Irina
  • Russian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #4,574 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #1,559
    136 babies named Irina — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Russian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.