Iiris

Iiris

1. a female given name, variant of Iris

Flower name from iiris (“iris”) at the end of the 19th century, also phonetic rendering of the Swedish Iris.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːris/, [ˈiːris̠]
• Rhymes: -iːris
• Syllabification^(key): Ii‧ris
• Hyphenation^(key): Ii‧ris

Iiris

1. a female given name
   • 1982, Orvokki Autio, Kotipesä, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 11–12:

     Olavi oli vain ähkynyt ja haronut hiuksiaan, kun Armi oli puhunut kirjasta, jonka oli lukenut koululaisena. Siinä kirjassa oli ollut Iiris-niminen pieni tyttö. Klewe oli ollut tytön sukunimi. Ei Olavi ollut kuullutkaan sellaisesta kirjasta, mutta oli siihen aikaan myöntynyt kaikkeen, mitä Armi oli tahtonut. [ - - - ]
     —Ei Iiris oo olematoon nimi, oli Armi sanonut. —Se on kaunis.
     —Se ei oo täs tapaukses ollenkaan pääasia, oli anoppi vatkuttanut almanakka ja silmälasit käsissä täristen.

     Olavi had just grunted and groped his hair, when Armi had mentioned a book that she had read when she was still in school. The book had a young girl named Iiris. Klewe was the girl's surname. Olavi had never heard of such a book, but back then he still went along with anything Armi wanted. [ - - - ]
     —Iiris isn't a terrible name, Armi had said. —It's beautiful.
     —That's not the matter at all here, the mother-in-law had harped on, with her shivering hands grasping onto a calendar and eyeglasses.

• Iiris is the 156^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,480 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,609 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Siiri, riisi