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Origin of the name IRENA.
Etymology of the
name IRENA.
Meaning of the baby name IRENA.
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IRENA.
A variant form of Greek Eirene
(q.v.), meaning "messenger of peace." Usage:
Bulgaria (Ирина), Czech
Republic, Lithuania, Poland.
Irena Salina, a French actress. Irena Zemanová, a retired Czech figure skater.
Irena Szewińska, a retired Polish-Jewish sprinter. Irena Degutiené, a
Lithuanian politician. (Wiki)
IRENA.
From a Latinized form of Irish Iernê, a poetical name for "Ireland."
Usage: America, England, France, Ireland.
Grantorto,
the personification of rebellion in general, and of the evil genius of
the Irish rebellion of 1580 in particular, Grantorto is represented as a
huge giant, who withheld from Irena [i.e. Iernê or Ireland]
her inheritance. Sir Artegal [Arthur lord Grey of Wilton],
being sent to destroy him, challenged him to single combat, and having
felled him to the earth with his sword Chrysa'or, "reft off his
head to ease him of his pain."—Spenser: Faerie Queene, v.
12 (1596). (Reader's
Handbook of Famous Names in Fiction, &c., Brewer, 1910)
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