Irineo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-reh-NEH-oh
- Origin
- Greek
Irineo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “peaceful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Irineo mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Irenaeus, from eirene, peace
“peaceful”
Spanish form of Irenaeus, the name of a second-century bishop of Lyon and early Christian theologian.
Is Irineo a girl's or a boy's name?
Irineo is a boys' name.
How popular is Irineo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the boys named Irineo in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Irineo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
Names like Irineo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander, Alejandro, Ayomide, Omari, Alessandro, Dakota, Nikolaos, Samuel, Andrew, Kwame, Alonzo, Nikola
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Irineo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irineo, updated 20 October 2026.