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Is this name due a comeback?

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CarolVordermansBum · 19/10/2020 14:21

Irene.

What do you think?

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NiceViper · 22/10/2020 05:41

Sounds kind of Scandi

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It's Greek!! She's the goddess of peace, and of the spring. Sometimes spelled Eirene, and uses all three syllables (three nicer than 2, I think)

MasksGlovesSoapScrubs · 22/10/2020 01:18

Hope not.

goisey · 22/10/2020 00:47

I like it. Sounds kind of Scandi.

RosieLemonade · 21/10/2020 19:03

I like Irini!

sakura06 · 21/10/2020 16:36

I love it, but it's a family name for me. I'm the first in 4 generations not to have it too. I think my mum disliked it.

Bubbletrouble43 · 21/10/2020 16:25

It's my mums real first name but she loathed it so much she went by a middle name from a teenager onwards. Very few people know its her real name. Fwiw I think it's OK and preferable to the middle name she chose to go by! I like the nn reenie

GreyishDays · 21/10/2020 16:23

That’s Eileen!

orangeblosssom · 21/10/2020 16:22

No. Come on- Irene?

spiderlight · 21/10/2020 16:17

My gran had several friends called Irene, all known as Reenee. I can't picture it on anyone who's not in their 80s with their hair dyed an implausible shade of red.

ShowOfHands · 21/10/2020 07:23

It was my Grandma's middle name (first name Muriel) and she died last year aged 94. She was kind and gentle so only positive associations here.

She was also Northern and it does have a Northern feel doesn't it? The other one I know is from Salford and is "Our Reenee"!

MilkandWater · 20/10/2020 22:47

@SilenceOfTheEmu

I think it’s cute. It was my grandma’s name and she was nicknamed ‘rene’ (pronounced ree-knee)
My aunt too, but I’ve always disliked the nickname Rene (Reenee). I think I must have been in my late teens before realising she was actually Irene (which she hated).

To me Irene wears a nylon housecoat and rollers, chainsmokes and hoiks her bosom a lot about ‘er at number twenty being no better than she ought to be.

Tillygetsit · 20/10/2020 22:38

Not keen tbh but it probably will come back. Love Vera though.

Ellovera2 · 20/10/2020 21:48

I love it. In my 20s with a friend my age called Irene. (I-reen)

Burnthurst187 · 20/10/2020 21:45

No

pilates · 20/10/2020 21:43

Hope not

morethanmeetstheeye · 20/10/2020 21:39

Yes. It's a beautiful name

MikeUniformMike · 20/10/2020 20:13

Irene pron. I reenee is lovely.

Brighterthansunflowers · 20/10/2020 16:24

I think so!

Firebird83 · 20/10/2020 14:47

Definitely due a comeback. Iris and Ivy are popular so Irene could be next!

VenusClapTrap · 19/10/2020 21:52

It’s a yes from me. I also like Eileen, and Denise.

oncloudnine · 19/10/2020 21:24

Hmm it sure if I'm keen, but I do like the European version - Irena or Irina. Think it's Russian but not entirely sure.

Kanaloa · 19/10/2020 21:07

I like it a lot. I know one child who has this as a middle name, her first name is very old fashioned as well, similar to Maud/Edith type of name. It really suits her. Reminds me of Irene from Malory Towers.

SlopesOff · 19/10/2020 18:12

It is also likely to turn into Reeny at school.

It is the sort of name that people change to something else as soon as they are old enough.

Bouledeneige · 19/10/2020 17:44

Erin is lovely. But not Irene.

But then I also don't like Maud or Winifred either - they are just not lyrical or pretty words.

apumpkinaday · 19/10/2020 17:43

I have an Erin so I do like Irene