Eirenaios
/ˌaɪrəˈnaɪ.ɒs/noun
A Greek personal name meaning “peaceful” or “of peace.”
Did you know?Eirenaios is built from Greek eirēnē, and that same peace-root also lives on in words like Irenaeus and Irene, names used for centuries as blessings of harmony.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
eirēnaios
“peaceful; belonging to peace”
Ancient Greek
Greek
eirēnē
“peace, especially the state of peace after war”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁ery-
“to join together; to be at peace, unite”
Latin
Latin
Irenaeus
“borrowed Greek name used in Christian tradition”
Modern English
English
Irene
“a female given name from the Greek word for peace”