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I'd give it a 9. I'm related to two Irenes and they're both lovely, so it's a name I've always considered using on a daughter. I'd like to see it have a come-back.
Irene Melisande is very melodic! I quite like Irene Augusta.

I can definitely see Irene coming back into style, along with Iris and Helen, for the exact reasons you pointed out. It would hold a lot of appeal for the discerning parent who wants something "refreshing but not weird".

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I'm not a massive fan of Irene but only because it holds no mystery for me - Irene was the name of the mother of one of my closest friends when I was young. She was Scottish and enormously tall and scary.

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Irene Melisande is lovely and very fanciful. I se Irene as a kind of champion for the downtrodden, very proud and bold, so I'd pair her with something similarily rough-and-tumble elegant. Irene Maud is really speaking to me.

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Are you pronouncing it with two syllables, or three? I prefer eye-REE-nee to eye-REEN, but I don't know the movies.

I absolutely love the name Irene. Though I think mosrt people see it as an old-fashioned name, I seriously think it could fit into todays time, with all the Emily's and Isabella's and Sophia / Sophie's running around.

I had an aunt by marriage by the name of Irene. She was a nice enough woman, kind of shrill, with a habit of moving her dentures around in her mouth. I was oddly fascinated by this habit as a child. So I always associate the name with her. For years, by default, because of my aunt, I considered it an old dowdy lady name. Not that she was particularly dowdy, but to me it was dowdy just because it seemed an older generation name.

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When I can free it from that association, I have to admit that it is rather pretty and elegant. I can't really think of it as shy, though, because my aunt was anything but shy. Still, I would approve of a baby Irene.

Pronounced i-REE-nee, it's a ten. I love it and occasionally think of putting it in my top five. It has charm and energy to it and is also quite lovely sounding/looking.

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Edited to add that I do prefer the original Eirene to Irene.

This message was edited 9/12/2010, 2:06 PM

I think Irene is a gorgeous name. 8 out of 10. Irene Melisande is really fanciful. I like it! Are you pronouncing Irene with 3 syllables or 2? Sorry so many combos have Irene in the middle. I think it's great there.

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Irene Lucretia
Irene Eleanor
Felicia Irene
Elizabeth Irene
Victoria Irene / Irene Victoria
Beatrice Irene
Irene Michele
Margaret Irene
Augusta Irene / Irene Augusta
Irene Ermentrude
Alice Irene
Keturah Irene
Briseis Irene

I love Irene. For a long time a favourite combo of mine was Imelda Irene.

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Irene Melisande is beautiful, very eleganant! Others:

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Irene Sarah
Irene Julia
Irene Cecilia
Irene Genevieve
Irene Anastasia
Irene Melissa
Irene Lucy
Irene Virginia
Irene Zoe
Irene Charlotte

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Like any?

I'm rather indifferent to Irene, but like Irena (pronounced 'ee-RE-nah').

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Irene Melisande is a nice combo and the more unusual middle name gives the rather common Irene some pizzaz.
How about these:

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Irene Domenica
Irene Magdalena
Irene Isadora
Irene Theodosia
Irene Soraya
Irene Shoshannah

This message was edited 9/12/2010, 11:53 AM

I think Irene is very nice. Goodnight, Irene.

3 - I don't like it at all. It's very dated in my opinion, an old lady's name. To be honest, it would be weird to meet a little girl named Irene.
Irene Melisande is a nice combo. I like the flow of it.

Sleek, a bit neglected, shy, and elegant sums it up pretty well, I'd say. It's definitely an underused beauty. I'd give it a 7.

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Irene Melisande is gorgeous.

I like Irene, it was my great grandmothers name as well as my sister's middle name. 10

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