# Irina

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,428

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Russian.
2. A transliteration of the Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, or Russian female given name Ирина (Irina).

## Etymology
From Russian Ири́на (Irína), akin to English Irene.

## Easily confused with
- **iron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-iron)
- **iris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-iris)
- **Irma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irma)
- **Irish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irish)
- **irony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irony)
- **Irwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irwin)
- **irons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irons)
- **Irvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irvin)
- **Ivana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-ivana)
- **Irving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irving)
- **Irvine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irina-vs-irvine)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ira-vs-irina)
- **Iran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irina)
- **Iain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iain-vs-irina)
- **Iona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iona-vs-irina)
- **inna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inna-vs-irina)
- **Irene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irene-vs-irina)
- **icing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/icing-vs-irina)
- **Ibiza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ibiza-vs-irina)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iirna`, `irian`, `irinna`, `irnia`, `irrina`, `riina`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/irina