Iris (given name)
This article is about the given name Iris. For other uses, see Iris (disambiguation).
| Iris | |
|---|---|
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The name Iris is often used in reference to the flower. | |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | "rainbow" |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Iris was the 221st most popular name given to baby girls in England and Wales in 2007[1] and was the 245th most popular name given to baby girls born in the United States in 2014.[2] It has ranked in the top 100 names given to baby girls in Slovenia and in Catalonia during the past decade.[3]
Iris may refer to:
People
- Iris Adrian (1912–1994), American actress
- Iris Apatow (born 2002), American actress
- Iris Apfel (born 1921), American fashion icon
- Iris von Arnim (born 1945), German fashion designer
- Iris Ashley (1909–1994), Irish-born British stage and film actress
- Iris Bahr or Iris Bar-Ziv, an American actress, comedian, director, writer and producer
- Iris Bannochie (1914–1988), Barbadian horticulturalist
- Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar, Guatemalan judge
- Iris Barry (1895–1969), American film critic
- Iris Bell, American psychologist and alternative medicine researcher
- Iris Berben (born 1950), German actress
- Iris Birtwistle (1918–2006), English lyric poet and gallery owner
- Iris Faircloth Blitch (1912–1993), United States Representative from Georgia
- Iris Bohnet, Swiss academic, Professor of Public Policy
- Iris Burgoyne (1936–2014), South Australian author and Kokatha (Aboriginal) elder
- Iris Burton (1930–2008), American talent agent and dancer
- Iris Butler (1905–2002), English journalist and historian
- Iris Cahn, Professor of the Film Conservatory at SUNY Purchase College
- Iris Cantor (born 1931), American philanthropist in medicine and the arts
- Iris Chacón (born 1950), Puerto Rican entertainer
- Iris Chang (1968–2004), American historian
- Iris Chung (born 1987), designer and model
- Iris Clert (died 1986), owner of the Galerie Iris Clert
- Iris Cummings (born 1920), American aviator and Olympic swimmer
- Iris Davis (born 1950), American track and field sprinter
- Iris DeBrito (born 1945), Brazilian footballer
- Iris DeMent (born 1961), American singer
- Iris Estabrook (born 1950), Democratic former member of the New Hampshire Senate
- Iris Evans (born 1941), Minister of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Iris Falcam (1938–2010), American-born librarian, researcher and First Lady of Micronesia
- Iris Falcón (born 1973), Peruvian volleyball player
- Iris Fontbona (born c.1943), Chilean businesswoman
- Iris Fuentes-Pila (born 1980), Spanish middle distance runner
- Iris Gordy (born 1943), American songwriter, producer, and music executive
- Iris Gower (born 1939), Welsh novelist
- Iris Gusner (born 1941), German film director and screenwriter
- Iris Habib Elmasry (1910–1994), Egyptian historian
- Iris Hanika (born 1962), German writer and journalist
- Iris Häussler (born 1962), German artist
- Iris Hensley (1934–2003), Artistic Director of the Georgia Ballet
- Iris Hoey (1885–1979), British actress
- Iris Holland (1920–2001), American politician
- Iris Jharap (born 1970), Dutch cricketer
- Iris Johansen (born 1938), American author
- Iris Kelso (1926–2003), American journalist
- Iris Winnifred King (1910–2000), mayor of Kingston
- Iris Klein, German beauty pageant contestant
- Iris Komar, German swimmer
- Iris Kramer (born 1981), German International motorcycle trials rider
- Iris Krasnow (born 1954), American author, journalism professor, and speaker
- Iris Kroes (born 1992), Dutch singer-songwriter and harpist
- Iris Kyle (born 1974), American professional bodybuilder
- Iris Le Feuvre (née Renouf), Jersey politician
- Iris Long (born 1934), AIDS activist
- Iris Loveridge (1917–2000), English classical pianist
- Iris Mack, American banker, professor and writer
- Iris Maity, Indian model and actress
- Iris Martinez (born 1956), Democratic member of the Illinois Senate
- Íris Mendes, Portuguese acrobatic gymnast
- Iris Vianey Mendoza (born 1981), Mexican politician and lawyer
- Iris Meredith (1915–1980), American actress
- Iris Mittenaere (born 1993), French model, Miss France 2016
- Iris Mora (born 1981), Mexican football forward
- Iris Morhammer (born 1973), Austrian handballer
- Iris Morley (1910–1953), English historian, writer and journalist
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), British novelist
- Iris Nampeyo (ca. 1856–1942), Hopi–Tewa potter in Arizona
- Iris Nazmy, Egyptian writer, journalist and film critic
- Iris Origo (1902—1988), Marchesa of Val d'Orcia, a British-born biographer and writer
- Iris M. Ovshinsky (1927–2006), American businesswoman
- Iris Owens, pseudonym Harriet Daimler, American novelist
- Iris Peterson, American flight attendant
- Iris Plotzitzka (born 1966), West German shot putter
- Iris Rainer Dart (born 1944), American author and playwright
- Iris Rideau (born c. 1937) is an American winemaker, businesswoman and activist
- Iris Riedel-Kühn (born 1954), German tennis player
- Iris Robinson (born 1949), Northern Irish politician
- Iris Rogers, English badminton player
- İris Rosenberger (born 1985), German-Turkish swimmer
- Iris Miriam Ruíz, Puerto Rican politician
- Iris Runge (1888–1966), German applied mathematician and physicist
- Iris Santos (born 1984), Dominican volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Iris Sihvonen (born 1940), Finnish speed skater
- Iris Sing (born 1990), taekwondo athlete from Brazil
- Iris Slappendel (born 1985), Dutch road racing cyclist
- Iris Smith (wrestler) (born 1979), American freestyle wrestler
- Iris Smyles, American writer
- Iris Strubegger (born 1984), Austrian model
- Iris Stuart (1903–1936), motion picture actress
- Iris Szeghy (born 1956), Slovak composer
- Iris Tanner (1906–1971), English swimmer
- Iris Tjonk (born 2000), female Dutch swimmer
- Iris Tree (1897–1968), English poet, actress and artists' model
- Iris Völkner (born 1960), German rower
- Iris Wang (born 1994), American badminton player
- Iris Wedgwood (1887–1982), British author, topographer and historian
- Iris Weinshall, (born 1953), commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation
- Iris Williams (born 1944), Welsh singer
- Iris Woolcock (died 1980), American artist, photographer, realtor and adventurer
- Iris Yamashita (born 1966), American screenwriter
- Iris Marion Young (1949–2006), American political scientist
- Iris M. Zavala (born 1936), Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poet
- Iris Zimmermann (born 1981), American fencer
- Iris Zscherpe (born 1967), German swimmer
Fictional
- Iris "Easy" Steensma, a 13 year old prostitute, featured in Taxi Driver, portrayed by Jodie Foster.
- Iris, a Pokémon Gym Leader in Pokémon White, Pokémon League Champion in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 and Pokémon series.
- Iris Blanc/ Noire, a vampire featured in Rune Factory Frontier.
- Iris West, the love interest of Flash (Barry Allen) from DC Comics
- Iris, a navigator and love interest to Zero, in the Mega Man X series.
See also
References
- ↑ Babyplanners
- ↑
- ↑ Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
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