Irena (name)

Irena is a traditionally European feminine given name.

Irena

Irena Sendler, Polish social worker and Holocaust rescuer in 1942.

Gender| Female
Origin
Region of origin| Europe
Other names
Related names| Arina, Iren, Irene, Irina, Rina

* Irena Bačiulytė (born 1939), Lithuanian rower
* Irena Brynner (1917–2003), Russian-born American sculptor, jewelry designer, author
* Irena Degutienė (born 1949), Lithuanian politician and twice acting Prime Minister
* Irena Fleissnerová (born 1958), Czech swimmer
* Irena Jarocka (1946–2012), Polish singer
* Irena Káňová (1893–1963), Slovak politician
* Irena Karpa (born 1980), Ukrainian writer, journalist and singer
* Irena Milovan (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer
* Irena Olevsky (born 1974), Australian synchronized swimmer
* Irena Pavelková (born 1974), Czech slalom canoer
* Irena Šedivá (born 1992), Czech javelin thrower
* Irena Sendler (1910–2008), Polish social worker and resistance member who saved Jewish children during the Nazi occupation
* Irena Šiaulienė (born 1955), Lithuanian politician
* Irena Swanson, Yugoslav-born American mathematician
* Irena Szewińska (1946–2018), Polish sprinter
* Irena Turkevycz-Martynec (1899–1983), Ukrainian-Canadian opera singer
* Irena Veisaitė (1928–2020), Lithuanian academic and human rights activist
* Irēna Žauna (born 1981), Latvian hurdler

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