Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, French: Means “rainbow” in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow. This name can also be given in reference to the English word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the name of the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.
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English: From an English surname meaning “GUMARICH‘s mountain” in Norman French. A notable bearer of this surname was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II. (Behindthename.con)
But said Eye-REE-ne? what do you think? In the Baby Name Wizard book it says this the the mythological way to say it.
Swedish. From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. It was named by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, who named it after himself, it being his favourite flower (Behindthename.com)
Babynamewizard tells me it is #2 in Norway & #8 in Sweden.
Leonardo, Jean-Baptiste, Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, Thomas Aquinas, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus, Galileo, Copernicus.
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Old English cnocc “round hill”. (Behindthename.com)
Knox is a middle in my family tree.
Trinity, Alice & Kate, Cooper, Ayrton, Seth & Jett, Ashton, Taylah (b),
Odin, Alex (b), Emily & Lucia, Jessica & Aimee, Ethan, Lachlan, Harry,
Chloe, Ben & Macy, Molly, Paris & Cam, Guy & Jed, Miro & Louis,
Stephen, Matthew, Adam & Caleb (twins) & Alex (b), Maia & Arielle (twins)
Michele (b), Franco & Alex (b) (triplets), Lucia & Leonardo, Max & Ivy,
Chelize & Gabriel (twins), Wanda & Diana (twins), Siena, Matteo & Jethro,
Bella, Ben, Alisha, Charlie, Chase. Luke, Leah & Finn, Zoe. George & Harry.
Danica, Lauren.
