Irenäus
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Irenäus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: in Deutschland seit dem 17.
- DEGermany≈1 in 818K(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 4.8M
- NLNetherlands1 in 182Kas Irenaeus
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Irenäus itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 37 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 818K (inferred from the name graph)
≈160 named Irenaeus, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Irenaeus in US United States, NL Netherlands, NG Nigeria and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
in Deutschland seit dem 17. Jh. ver einzelt vorkommender männl. Vom. grie chisch-lateinischen Ursprungs (zu griech. tifënë »Frieden«). Namenspatron ist der heilige Irenäus, Bischof von Lyon, Kirchen lehrer (2./3.JI1.); N a m e n s t a g : 28. Juni.
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Irenäus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Irenaeus | 7 |
| DE Germany | ≈98 est. | ≈1 in 818K | listed | Irenäus | 28 |
| NL Netherlands | 95as Irenaeus | 1 in 182K | 95 | Irenaeus | 12 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 779K | — | Irenaeus | 8 |
| US United States | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 11M | 5 | Irenaeus | 37 |
| LB Lebanon | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 506K | — | Irenaeus | 1 |
| PL Poland | 8 | 1 in 4.8M | 8 | — | 1 |
| GY Guyana | 1as Irenaeus | 1 in 750K | 1 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); the de-munich-vornamen register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Caspar Joseph Schwendimannb. 1721CHnot in their usual name(1721-1786)
- Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldtb. 1928ATAustrian ethologist (1928–2018)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 8 | #11,156 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 8 | #12,365 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2020 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Irenäus mean?
- Recorded meaning: in Deutschland seit dem 17.
- Is Irenäus a male or female name?
- Irenäus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Irenäus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 159 people named Irenaeus in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Irenäus?
- In Poland, the national register counted 8 people named Irenäus in 2026, about 1 in 4.8 million residents.
What do you want to know about Irenäus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/iren%C3%A4usThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Irenäus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.