Irene?

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Too old fashioned or due a revival? Disclaimer, not currently pregnant but it's the name of a family member and I think it could be sweet on a baby

@SassyBrassyBitch That's Eileen, not Irene

but in black and white it just makes me think of an Australian woman in her 60’s

Yes my immediate thought was yer one from Home and Away!

The problem with it is like Maureen it has a whiny tone. My granny used a nickname her entire life

What's Eileen?

You responded "come on" to Irene. I was joking that you were thinking of Come on Eileen, which is a very popular 80s song.

I like it with the Spanish pronunciation, not so much the English pronunciation though.

I like it, partly because I have a lovely great aunt with the name. She is 90 now.

I'd forgotten about Irene in the Forsythe Saga - I love the name Jolyon from that, too, but wouldn't give it to a child as it sounds so posh! Maybe a good cat name :)

So many great aunt Irenes! My relative was also a great aunt who died lately and it got me thinking about the name. I'm glad others like it too and it's definitely on my baby girl names list

If you say it Irenie that's quite pretty. A la princess and the goblin.

I quite like jt

It's my middle name after my gran amd I hated it as a child. Even thought I didn't ever have to use my middle name I would always say I didn't have one if asked. because I was embarrassed.

Awful

I love it. I also like Ir EE nee.

I quite like it, but prefer Irena

I like it pronounced eye-ree-nee or ee-ree-nee. Eye-reen is a bit meh...

I like it when pronounced properly: I-ree-nee.
Trouble is, lots of people will assume I-reen, which is much less elegant.

It's a no from me.

The Ireenee pronunciation is pretty. I-reen isn't.
I like Eileen.

Just no. There are so many lovely names out there. Why would you choose such an ugly one? Both Irene and Ireenee sound bloody awful. Leave them in the past.

I was at primary school with an Irene and I always loved her name. She pronounced it with 3 syllables though.

I hate the 2 syllable version (I didn't realise it was the same name for years, as when I was introduced to an Eye Reen at work I assumed it was spelled in a similar way to Eileen.

I don't like the sound of any of those similar 2 syllable names (like Eileen, Maureen, Doreen and Noreen).