# Iryna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/iryna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Ukrainian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 30 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Belarusian and Ukrainian Іри́на (Irýna), akin to English Irene.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | 13,629 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,856 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,515 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,117 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,415 |

## People named Iryna

- Iryna Leshchanka, biathlete
- Iryna Yatchenko, Belarusian discus thrower
- Iryna Kurachkina, Belarusian amateur wrestler
- Iryna Shymanovich, Belarusian tennis player (born 1997)
- Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist
- Iryna Brémond, French tennis player
- Iryna Zhuk, Belarusian pole vaulter
- Iryna Kulesha, Belarusian weightlifter
- Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist
- Irina Medvedeva, Belarusian and Russian actress and singer
- Irina Shilova, Belarusian sport shooter
- Ira Malaniuk, Austrian singer (1919–2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.