Fun Facts About the Name Iryna
- 30 babies named Iryna: U.S. records list 30 babies given the name Iryna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Iryna Mean?
Iryna is the Ukrainian form of the name Irene, which comes from the Greek Eirēnē (Εἰρήνη), meaning "peace." The Greek word eirēnē is the ordinary noun for peace, and it is the direct source of the name. In Greek religion and myth, Eirene was one of the Horae, goddesses associated with the seasons and with order, and she was linked with peace; that link rests on the word's meaning and does not give the name a separate etymology. The deeper pre-Greek origin of eirēnē is uncertain.
Iryna is not originally Slavic. It is the Ukrainian form of the Greek name, written Ірина in Cyrillic; Belarusian has Ірына, and Russian has Ирина (Irina). In these Slavic forms the established meaning remains "peace." English Irene, Polish and Czech Irena, and Russian Irina are related adaptations of the same Greek source, not separate names with different meanings.
Iryna Name History & Origins
Iryna belongs to the layer of Christian given names that entered Slavic usage from Greek. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Saint Irene of Thessalonica, martyred in 304 with her sisters Agape and Chionia, is an early Christian bearer of the name. The Byzantine empress Irene of Athens (c. 752 - 803) also bore it. As the names of Greek saints were adopted into Church Slavonic calendars and liturgical books, they were adapted into local Slavic forms. Ukrainian Ірина and Belarusian Ірына come from this layer of names; Russian developed Ирина (Irina).
The Latin-alphabet spelling Iryna reflects Ukrainian or Belarusian romanization. Ukrainian romanization commonly renders the Cyrillic letter и as y, as in Kyiv, and Belarusian romanization renders ы as y, which produces Iryna rather than Irina or Irena. The form is distinct from English Irene and from Polish and Czech Irena, though all go back to Greek Eirēnē.
How Popular is the Name Iryna?
Iryna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #12,415 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,415 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #16,104 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #14,511 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #16,850 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #13,626 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Iryna Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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