Iris

Origin: Greek Ιρις
Meaning: “rainbow”
Gender: Feminine

The name is derived from the Greek “Îris (Ἶρις) Írídos (ίρίδος) “rainbow” and is borne in Greek mythology by the goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the Olympian gods. It later became associated with the body part, the flower, and a colour, all of which were named for the Greek goddess.

In recent years, the name has experienced a surge in popularity in several countries. Its rankings in other countries are as follows:

• #21 (Iceland 2017, Íris)
• #25 (Portugal, 2016, Íris)
• #31 (Sweden, 2017)
• #32 (France, Paris, 2016)
• #56 (Catalonia, 2016)
• #73 (Spain, 2016)
• #84 (England/Wales, 2016)
• #85 (Netherlands, 2017)
• #85 (Slovenia, 2016)
• #116 (Norway, 2016)
• #121 (France, entire country, 2016)
• #186 (United States, 2016)
• #199 (Scotland, 2016)

Other forms of the name include:

• Iris Ирис Իրիս (Armenian/Bulgarian/Catalan/Czech/Danish/Dutch/English/Estonian/Finnish/French/German/Greek/Italian/Serbo-Croatian/Norwegian/Polish/Romanian/Slovenian/Spanish/Swedish)
• Iryda Ірыда (Belarusian/Polish)
• Irida Ирида (Bulgarian/Croatian/Greek/Italian/Russian/Serbian)
• Iiku (Finnish)
• Iiri (Finnish)
• Iiris (Finnish)
• Írisz (Hungarian)
• Íris (Icelandic/Portuguese/Slovak)
• Iride (Italian)
• Iridė (Lithuanian)
• Yryda Ирида (Ukrainian)

Sources

• http://www.behindthename.com/name/iris
• http://www.name-doctor.com/name-iris-meaning-of-iris-417.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris
• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Iris
• https://www.ssa.gov
• http://px.hagstofa.is
• https://www.babynames.ch/Info/Rankings/naIris