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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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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.

orangeblosssom · 21/10/2020 16:22

No. Come on- Irene?

GreyishDays · 21/10/2020 16:23

That’s Eileen!

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

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.

RosieLemonade · 21/10/2020 19:03

I like Irini!

goisey · 22/10/2020 00:47

I like it. Sounds kind of Scandi.

MasksGlovesSoapScrubs · 22/10/2020 01:18

Hope not.

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)

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