Iris (from Greek Ἶρις Ancient Greek :[îːris] personification of ἶρις
The name came into use in English-speaking countries in the 1500s, first in reference to the goddess, and was later used along with other Ancient Greek names revived by 17th-century British poets, such as Doris and Phyllis . It is also used in reference to the flowering plant and likely inspired the use of other botanical names that became popular in the Anglosphere during the Victorian era .[ 1] [ 2]
The name has ranked among the top 100 names given to baby girls in Belgium, Catalonia , England, France, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United States, and Wales during the 2010s.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Woman with Iris by William-Adolphe Bouguereau , 1899An iris is said to signify a sweet message in the language of flowers . Notable people and characters with the name include:
People
Iris Adrian (1912–1994), American actressIris Apfel (1921–2024), American interior designerIris von Arnim (born 1945), German fashion designerIris Ashley (1909–1994), Irish-born British stage and film actressIris Apatow (born 2002), American actressIris Bahr or Iris Bar-Ziv, American actress, comedian, director, writer and producerIris Bannochie (1914–1988), Barbadian horticulturalistIris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar , Guatemalan judgeIris Barry (1895–1969), American film criticIris Bell , American psychologist and alternative medicine researcherIris Berben (born 1950), German actressIris Birtwistle (1918–2006), English lyric poet and gallery ownerIris Faircloth Blitch (1912–1993), United States Representative from GeorgiaIris Bohnet (born 1966), Swiss academic, Professor of Public PolicyIris Burgoyne (1936–2014), South Australian author and Kokatha (Aboriginal) elderIris Burton (1930–2008), American talent agent and dancerIris Butler (1905–2002), English journalist and historianIris Cahn , Professor of the Film Conservatory at SUNY Purchase CollegeIris Cantor (born 1931), American philanthropist in medicine and the artsIris Chacón (born 1950), Puerto Rican entertainerIris Chang (1968–2004), American historianIris Chung (born 1987), designer and modelIris Clert (died 1986), owner of the Galerie Iris ClertIris Cummings (born 1920), American aviator and Olympic swimmerIris Davis (1950–2021), American track and field sprinterIris Dawnay (1923–2021), British aristocrat and MI6 secretaryIris DeBrito (born 1945), Brazilian footballerIris DeMent (born 1961), American singerIris Dexter (1907–1974), Australian journalist and war correspondentIris Estabrook (born 1950), Democratic former member of the New Hampshire SenateIris Evans (born 1941), Minister of the Legislative Assembly of AlbertaIris Falcam (1938–2010), American-born librarian, researcher and First Lady of MicronesiaIris Falcón (born 1973), Peruvian volleyball playerIris Fontbona (born c.1943), Chilean businesswomanIris Fuentes-Pila (born 1980), Spanish middle-distance runnerIris Gordy (born 1943), American songwriter, producer, and music executiveIris Gower (1935–2010), Welsh novelistIris Gusner (born 1941), German film director and screenwriterIris Habib Elmasry (1910–1994), Egyptian historianIris Hanika (born 1962), German writer and journalistIris Häussler (born 1962), German artistIris Hensley (1934–2003), artistic director of the Georgia BalletIris Hoey (1885–1979), British actressIris Holland (1920–2001), American politicianIris Jharap (born 1970), Dutch cricketerIris Johansen (born 1938), American authorIris Kelso (1926–2003), American journalistIris Winnifred King (1910–2000), mayor of KingstonIris Klein , German beauty pageant contestantIris Komar , German swimmerIris Kramer (born 1981), German International motorcycle trials riderIris Krasnow (born 1954), American author, journalism professor, and speakerIris Kroes (born 1992), Dutch singer-songwriter and harpistIris Kyle (born 1974), American professional bodybuilderIris Lam Chen (born 1989), Chinese-Costa Rican arts manager and curatorIris Le Feuvre (1928–2022) (née Renouf), Jersey politicianIris Long (born 1934), AIDS activistIris Loveridge (1917–2000), English classical pianistIris Mack , American banker, professor and writerIris Maity (born 1958), Indian model and actressIris Martinez (born 1956), Democratic member of the Illinois SenateIris Meléndez (died 2019), lawyer and prosecutor from Puerto RicoÍris Mendes (born 1996), Portuguese acrobatic gymnastIris Vianey Mendoza (born 1981), Mexican politician and lawyerIris Meredith (1915–1980), American actressIris Mittenaere (born 1993), French model, Miss Universe and Miss France 2016Iris Mor (1952–2017), Israeli newspaper editor, literary editor and writerIris Mora (born 1981), Mexican football forwardIris Morhammer (born 1973), Austrian handballerIris Morley (1910–1953), English historian, writer and journalistIris Mountbatten (1920–1982), English actress and model, great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), British novelistIris Nampeyo (ca. 1856–1942), Hopi–Tewa potter in Arizona
Iris Nazmy (died 2018), Egyptian writer, journalist and film criticIris Origo (1902–1988), Marchesa of Val d'Orcia, a British-born biographer and writerIris M. Ovshinsky (1927–2006), American businesswomanIris Owens (1929–2008), pseudonym Harriet Daimler, American novelistIris Parush , Israeli scholar of Hebrew literatureIris Peterson (born 1922), American flight attendantIris Plotzitzka (born 1966), West German shot putterIris Rainer Dart (born 1944), American author and playwrightIris Rauskala (born 1978), Austrian civil servant and politicianIris Rideau (born c. 1937), American winemaker, businesswoman and activistIris Riedel-Kühn (born 1954), German tennis playerIris Robinson (born 1949), Northern Irish politicianIris Rogers , English badminton playerİris Rosenberger (born 1985), German-Turkish swimmerIris Miriam Ruíz (born 1951), Puerto Rican politicianIris Runge (1888–1966), German applied mathematician and physicistIris Santos (born 1984), Dominican volleyball and beach volleyball playerIris Sihvonen (1940–2010), Finnish speed skaterIris Sing (born 1990), taekwondo athlete from BrazilIris Slappendel (born 1985), Dutch road racing cyclistIris Smith (wrestler) (born 1979), American freestyle wrestlerIris Smyles , American writerIris Strubegger (born 1984), Austrian modelIris Stuart (1903–1936), motion picture actressIris Szeghy (born 1956), Slovak composerIris Tanner (1906–1971), English swimmerIris Tjonk (born 2000), Dutch swimmerIris Tree (1897–1968), English poet, actress and artists' modelIris Vermillion (born 1960), German operatic mezzo-sopranoIris Versari (1922–1944), Italian partisan who was decorated with a Gold Medal of Military Valour on 16 April 1976Iris Völkner (born 1960), German rowerIris Wang (born 1994), American badminton playerIris Wedgwood (1887–1982), British author, topographer and historianIris Weinshall (born 1953), commissioner of New York City Department of TransportationIris Williams (born 1944), Welsh singerIris Woolcock (died 1980), American artist, photographer, realtor and adventurerIris Yamashita (born 1966), American screenwriterIris Marion Young (1949–2006), American political scientistIris M. Zavala (1936–2020), Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poetIris Zimmermann (born 1981), American fencerIris Zscherpe (born 1967), German swimmer
Fictional
Iris, a character in Ace Attorney
Iris, a character in American Horror Story: Hotel
Iris, a character in Andi Mack
Iris, the main character of the series LoliRock
Iris, a character in Mega Man X
Iris, a Pokémon Gym Leader
Iris, a character in Ruby Gloom
Lady Iris, a character in The Land of Stories
Iris Blanc/Noire, a character in Rune Factory Frontier
Iris Clops, a character in Monster High
Iris Lark, a character in Baghead
Iris Simpkins, a character in The Holiday
Iris "Easy" Steensma, a character in Taxi Driver
Iris Thompson, also known as SCP-105, a character in the SCP Foundation
Iris West , DC Comics characterIris Sagan, a character in the video game AI: The Somnium Files
Iris Verdi, an alternate identity of Lila Rossi in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Equivalents from other cultures
Foreign equivalents of Iris include:[ 6]
Eirys (Welsh)
Elestren (Cornish)
Ayame (Japanese)
See also
References
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