ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1663
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1663
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7 Apr 1999
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for information about the name <Krena>, which you were told is an
anglicization of an Irish Gaelic form of <Irena>.  This letter is a brief
answer to your question.

We could not find <Krena> in any of our sources.  Our best guess is that it
is a re-spelling of <Carina> [1].  It is very unlikely to be related to
<Irene>, unless someone mis-read the initial <I> as a <K>.

We're sorry we couldn't be more helpful.  Please write us again if you have
any questions.  I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by
Brian M. Scott.

For the Academy,


  J. Mittleman
  7 Apr 1999


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References

[1] Hanks, Patrick, and Flavia Hodges, _A Dictionary of First Names_ (New
York: Oxford University Press, 1988, 1990).