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Peace, in the Irene-related interpretation.
The Norwegian entry describes Eirin as a twentieth-century variant associated with Irene or Eirik. Irene supplies the Greek peace meaning. The separate Eirik-related interpretation is not assigned that translation; its older name-root accounts differ.
Norwegian twentieth-century name with Irene- and Eirik-related interpretations.
The exact Norwegian personal-name entry offers both associations rather than a single settled history. Irene has Greek ancestry; Eirik belongs to the Old Norse name family. This does not establish the origin of every similar spelling, including Eirinn.
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Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
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| France | 2016 | Girls | 5 (rounded to 5) | 6149 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2010 | Girls | 3 | 5707 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2020 | Girls | 3 | 834 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact Norwegian section explicitly documents female given-name use. No English pronunciation is supplied. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Eirin entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirin&oldid=68723562. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Norwegian entry describes Eirin as a twentieth-century variant associated with Irene or Eirik. Irene supplies the Greek peace meaning. The separate Eirik-related interpretation is not assigned that translation; its older name-root accounts differ. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Eirin, Irene, Eirik entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirin&oldid=68723562; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Irene&oldid=93041368; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirik&oldid=91546974. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact Norwegian personal-name entry offers both associations rather than a single settled history. Irene has Greek ancestry; Eirik belongs to the Old Norse name family. This does not establish the origin of every similar spelling, including Eirinn. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Eirin, Irene, Eirik entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirin&oldid=68723562; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Irene&oldid=93041368; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirik&oldid=91546974. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Norwegian entry explicitly identifies this as one possible name-family association. Alternatives are retained without treating every bearer as belonging to both histories. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Eirin, Eirik entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirin&oldid=68723562; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirik&oldid=91546974. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Norwegian entry explicitly identifies this as one possible name-family association. Alternatives are retained without treating every bearer as belonging to both histories. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Eirin, Irene entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eirin&oldid=68723562; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Irene&oldid=93041368. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
