What do you think of Irene?

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gridreference · 25/09/2009 18:19

What do you think of Irene as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

How would you pronounce it?

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 25/09/2009 21:16

My friend is German. This is her Mums name - pronounced "Ee Rain A". I like it like that, but "eye reen" sounds old and tired.

TheFallenMadonna · 25/09/2009 21:05

Eye-REE-nie - as in the Forsyte Saga - is rather nice. And if I saw the name on a class list that would be my first stab at pronunciation I think. If I was faced with an elderly woman, I would say EYE-rene, which is much less pleasant.

liath · 25/09/2009 21:03

I like it if pronounced Ireenie (have just read The Forsyte Saga!).

audley · 25/09/2009 21:00

I like it eye-reenie, rather sweet

mazzystartled · 25/09/2009 18:39

DD's middle name is irene, pronounced eye-reenie (like Irene Handl), after dh's granny.

It was going to be her first name but then we had another idea that seemed to suit her better

I think it is beautiful, with a lovely meaning

Tidey · 25/09/2009 18:38

She's a flamin' lush off Home and Away. I haven't actually watched it in years, so I dunno whether she's still in it, but that's what my first thought was.

Firawla · 25/09/2009 18:36

eye-reen

I quite like it, the meaning is really nice, I like the letter I for an initial letter, and it has a nice calming feel to it. The downside is that it could be seen as dated, but still I like it and I think as Iris has become popular these days it could be very useable as similar to that?

BonsoirAnna · 25/09/2009 18:21

I - reen

in English.

I really don't like it at all! I don't like names that end in the -een sound on the whole.

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