Irina
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Irina is a Slavic
feminine given name
, meaning peace (from ancient Greek
εἰρήνη).
Variant forms include Iryna and Arina
.
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
feminine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, meaning peace (from ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
εἰρήνη).
Variant forms include Iryna and Arina
Arina
-Origins:As a Slavic name, Арина, it is a variant of Irina, meaning peace.It is also a Japanese name and a Kurdish name.-People with this given name:*Arina Martinova , Russian figure skater*Arina Rodionova , Russian tennis player...
.
People named Irina
- Irina AntonenkoIrina AntonenkoIrina Igorevna Antonenko is a Russian actress, model and beauty queen who helds the title of Miss Russia 2010. She also placed in the Top 15 at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant held on August 23, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Biography :...
, Miss Russia 2010Miss Russia 2010Miss Russia 2010, was held in Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia, on 6 March 2010. 51 contestants from all over the Russia competed for the crown... - Irina BaskakovaIrina BaskakovaIrina Baskakova is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships...
, Soviet track and field sprinter - Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player
- Irina BespalovaIrina BespalovaIrina Nikolayevna Bespalova is a female butterfly swimmer from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:*...
, Russian butterfly swimmer - Irina DeleanuIrina DeleanuIrina Deleanu is a former individual rhythmic gymnast from Romania. In the 1992 World Championships she won the bronze medal in rope. She retired from the sport in 1993. An annual Rhythmic Gymnastics competition held in Bucharest is named after her, The Irina Deleanu Cup...
, Romanian former individual rhythmic gymnast - Irina IonescoIrina IonescoIrina Ionesco is a French photographer born in Paris, France. She was the daughter of Romanian immigrants. She spent her childhood years in Constanţa, Romania before she moved to Paris. She traveled and painted for several years before discovering photography...
, French photographer - Irina IordachescuIrina Iordachescu-Biography:Iordachescu was born in Bucharest into a family of artists. Her father, Dan Iordachescu, was a baritone who sang professionally in opera houses in throughout Europe. Her mother was an actress. Her sister, Cristina, a mezzo-soprano....
, Romanian soprano opera singer - Irina Khakamada, Russian politician
- Irina KostyuchenkovaIrina KostyuchenkovaIrina Kostyuchenkova , is a retired female javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine.Kostyuchenkova was born in Chelyabinsk. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's javelin throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, FR...
, Ukrainian javelin thrower - Irina KrushIrina KrushIrina Krush is an American chess player who won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, and 2010. Born in Odessa, USSR , she is widely known for her series of chess training videos, the "Krushing Attacks" series.Krush learned to play chess at age five, emigrating with her parents to...
, chess player - Irina LashkoIrina LashkoIrina Lashko is a Russian diver, who after her marriage with an Australian became known as Irina Furler.Lashko competed in four Summer Olympics, and represented four different countries: Soviet Union , Unified Team , Russia and Australia . She won a total number of three Olympic medals, two...
, Russian-born Australian diver - Irina LazareanuIrina LazareanuIrina Lăzăreanu is a Romanian-Canadian model. She got her ‘big break’ through her acquaintance with model Kate Moss.- Early life :...
, Romanian-born Canadian model - Irina LivezeanuIrina LivezeanuIrina Livezeanu is a Romanian-born American historian. Her research interests include Eastern Europe, Eastern European Jewry, the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, and modern nationalism. Several of her publications deal with the history of Romania, Moldova, and Bessarabia. Since 1996, she is Associate...
, Romanian-born American historian - Irina Mikitenko, Kazakhstan-born German long-distance runner, former winner of both the Berlin and London marathons
- Irina PantaevaIrina PantaevaIrina Pantaeva is a former model and actress.Pantaeva was born in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russian SFSR. She is an ethnic Buryat. In 1992, she moved to Paris to become a model...
, Siberian fashion model and actress - Irina PodyalovskayaIrina PodyalovskayaIrina Podyalovskaya is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres on 22 June 1984 at a meet in Kiev.-References:*...
, Soviet middle distance runner - Irina PressIrina PressIrina Natanovna Press was a Ukrainian athlete.-Career:Press was Jewish. She won two Olympic gold medals for the USSR team, in 80 m hurdles and pentathlon...
, Soviet 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlonPentathlonA pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...
) - Irina RodninaIrina RodninaIrina Konstantinovna Rodnina is one of the most successful figure skaters ever and the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships and three successive Olympic gold medals . She initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and later teamed up with Alexander Zaitsev...
, Soviet figure skater - Irina SaariIrina SaariIrina Saari , better known by her stage name Irina, is a Finnish singer. Her style is pop and suomirock. She currently lives in Heinola....
, Finnish pop singer - Irina SharipovaIrina SharipovaIrina Sharipova is a beauty pageant winner who was Miss Tatarstan 2010 and first runner-up in Miss Russia 2010.Sharipova represented Russia in Miss World 2010 on October 30, 2010 in Sanya, People's Republic of China, and made the top 25.-Beauty pageants:At the national contest for "Miss...
, 1st runner-up at Miss Russia 2010Miss Russia 2010Miss Russia 2010, was held in Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia, on 6 March 2010. 51 contestants from all over the Russia competed for the crown...
. Contestant of Miss World 2010Miss World 2010Miss World 2010, the 60th Miss World pageant was held on October 30, 2010, in Sanya, People's Republic of China; after Vietnam backed out of the hosting contract. Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar crowned her successor Alexandria Mills of the United States as Miss World 2010.-Vietnam backed out:On June...
and representative of Russia - Irina Shayk, model originally from Russia
- Irina Slutskaya, Russian world champion figure skater
- Irina TebenikhinaIrina TebenikhinaIrina Tebenikhina is a female volleyball player from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
, Russian volleyball player - Irina TonevaIrina TonevaIrina Ilyinichna Toneva is a Russian singer, one of three vocalists of girl group Fabrika . In 2010 she took part in first Star Factory project where Fabrika was formed and finished second....
, Russian pop singer - Irina UfimtsevaIrina UfimtsevaIrina Ufimtseva is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Russia. She competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in tenth place in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay event....
, Russian freestyle swimmer - Irina VoroninaIrina VoroninaIrina Voronina is a Russian model and Playboy Playmate for January 2001.- Biography :...
, Playboy Playmate originally from Russia
Fictional characters
- Irina Denali, a member of the Denali coven in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Irina DerevkoIrina DerevkoIrina Derevko , is a fictional character on the television series Alias, and a main character during the second season of the series. Irina, played by Lena Olin, is the mother of the central character, Sydney Bristow.-Biography:...
, KGB and Covenant terrorist, a main character in the AliasAlias (TV series)Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
series - Irina PalmIrina PalmIrina Palm is a tragicomedy film starring Marianne Faithfull and Miki Manojlović. It is a co-production of five countries . The film premiered, to great acclaim, at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival...
, pseudonym of the main character in 2007 film of the same name - Irina Spalko, a fictional Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
KGBKGBThe KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
agent in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Irina Clayton, a.k.a. Choir, a former member of the Xavier Institute student bodyXavier Institute student bodyThe Xavier Institute is a fictional school in the X-Men universe. This list documents the fictional staff, students and alumni of the Institute.-Former staff members:...
and the Street Team X-Men in the Marvel Comics Universe - Irina, One of the three sisters in Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
's play 'Three SistersThree Sisters (play)Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
' - Irina Kerchenkov, a Russian model in Sarra Manning's Fashionistas book series
Geography
- Irina RiverIrina RiverThe Irina River is a tributary of the Muşlău River in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...
, a Romanian tributary - Irina, a village in AndridAndridAndrid is a commune of 2,692 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Andrid, Dindeşti and Irina....
Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania