Irian

Place name; modern literary name
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Irian Origin and Meaning

The name Irian is a girl's name.

An ethereal name with elements of Irene and Miriam, Irian is a woman/dragon character in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea novels, and a historic name for the island of New Guinea, now with colonial associations.

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