Iris most often refers to:

  • Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
  • Iris (color), an ambiguous color term
  • Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
  • Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants
  • Iris (given name), a feminine given name, and a list of people with the name

Iris or IRIS may also refer to:

Arts and media

Fictional entities

  • Iris (American Horror Story), an American Horror Story: Hotel character
  • Iris (Fire Force), a character in the manga series Fire Force
  • Iris (Mega Man), a Mega Man X4 character
  • Iris, a Mega Man Battle Network character
  • Iris (Pokémon)
  • Iris (Pokémon anime)
  • Sorceress Iris, a Magicians of Xanth character
  • Iris, a kaiju character in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
  • Iris, a LoliRock character
  • Iris, a Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (1995) character
  • Iris, a Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations character
  • Iris, a Ruby Gloom character
  • Iris, a Taxi Driver (1976) character
  • The Iris, the antagonist in Gemini Home Entertainment web series
  • Iris Buenavidez-de Vera, a Lavender Fields character
  • Iris Donnelly Garrison, a fictional character in the American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing
  • Iris Irine, a Ragnarok character
  • Iris Pike, an Afraid (2024) character
  • Iris Sagan, in AI: The Somnium Files
  • Iris West, a DC Comics character

Film, television, and theatre

Film

  • Iris shot, a film technique for ending a scene
  • Iris (1916 film), a British silent romance
  • Iris (1984 film), a New Zealand film
  • Iris (1987 film), a Dutch film
  • Iris (2001 film), a biopic about Iris Murdoch
  • Iris (2014 film), a documentary about Iris Apfel by Albert Maysles
  • Iris (2016 film), a French film directed by Jalil Lespert
  • Iris: The Movie, a 2010 South Korean spy action film version of the 2009 television series
  • IRIS: A Space Opera by Justice, a 2019 film produced by French band Justice

Stage productions

  • Iris (Cirque du Soleil), a resident show in Los Angeles, California
  • Iris (play), a 1901 play by the British writer Arthur Wing Pinero

Television

  • Iris (TV channel), an Italian free entertainment television channel
  • Iris (South Korean TV series), a 2009 South Korean espionage television series
  • Iris (British TV series), an upcoming British thriller television series
  • Iris, The Happy Professor, a 1992 Canadian television show featuring a purple ibis

Music

Classical compositions

  • Iris (opera), by Pietro Mascagni
  • "Iris", a chanson by Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
  • "Iris", a chanson by Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734–1794)
  • Iris, a concerto by Archibald Joyce (1873–1963)
  • Iris, a piece for saxophone by Tansy Davies (born 1973)

Performers

  • Iris (American band), a synthpop group
  • Iris (Romanian band), a hard rock group
  • Iris (Japanese group), a Japanese girl idol group
  • Arc Iris, a folk pop band from Providence, Rhode Island, US

Albums

  • Iris (album), by the Romanian band Iris
  • Iris (EP), a 1992 EP by Miranda Sex Garden
  • Iris, a 2021 album by Reb Fountain

Songs

  • "Iris" (song) (1998), by the Goo Goo Dolls on the soundtrack City of Angels, later covered by other artists
  • "Iris", by Miles Davis on the 1965 album ESP
  • "Iris", by Emmy the Great on the album Virtue
  • "Iris", by Live on the album Throwing Copper
  • "Iris", by Mike Posner on the album At Night, Alone
  • "Iris", by Split Enz on the album Waiata
  • "Iris", by The Breeders on the album Pod
  • "Iris (Hold Me Close)", by U2 on the album Songs of Innocence

Periodicals

  • El Iris, a Mexican periodical published in 1826
  • Sheffield Iris, an early English newspaper
  • IRIS Magazine, an Irish republican magazine

Other media

  • Iris (game), a Halo 3 online promotion
  • Irises (painting), by Vincent Van Gogh
  • Iris, Messenger of the Gods, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin

Organizations

Charitable organizations

  • IRIS (radio reading service), provided by Vision Australia Radio
  • Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness, a British charity, now part of Fight for Sight
  • International Resources for the Improvement of Sight, a multi-national charity

Research groups

  • IRIS Consortium, a seismology research project
  • IRIS Research, an Australian economic, community and industry research organisation
  • Information Systems Research in Scandinavia, a non-profit organization in Scandinavia
  • Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship, a Brown University program

Other organizations

  • IRIS², EU satellite project
  • Iris Associates, an American software company, developer of Lotus Notes
  • Iris Capital, a venture capital firm primarily active in Europe
  • Iris Angola Association, an LGBTQ+ NGO
  • Iris Clert Gallery, a former art gallery in Paris
  • Iris Ohyama, a Japanese manufacturing company
  • Denso Iris, a basketball team based in Kariya, Aichi

People

  • Iris (artist) (born 1983), comics artist in Quebec, Canada
  • Íris (footballer) (born 1945), Brazilian footballer
  • Iris (singer) (born 1995), Belgian singer
  • Donnie Iris (born 1943), American rock musician

Places

United States

  • Iris, West Virginia, a community in the United States
  • Iris Avenue Transit Center, on the San Diego Trolley
  • Iris Falls, a waterfall in Wyoming

Elsewhere

  • Iris, Cluj-Napoca, a district in Romania
  • Iris, Prince Edward Island, a community in Canada
  • Irıs, Tatarstan, a place in Russia
  • Iris Bay, in South Georgia, British Overseas Territory
  • Iris Bay (Dubai), a tower in the United Arab Emirates
  • Glen Iris (disambiguation), several places
  • River Iris, now Yeşilırmak River, a river in northern Turkey, called Iris in classical Greek
  • IRIS Mist, a tower to be built in Dubai Maritime City, United Arab Emirates

Science and technology

Astronomy and spaceflight

  • IRIS (astronomical software), an image processing application
  • Iris (transponder), designed for use in cubesats
  • 7 Iris, an asteroid
  • Infrared interferometer spectrometer and radiometer, an instrument used in the Voyager space program
  • Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun
  • Iris Nebula, a reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cepheus
  • International Radiation Investigation Satellite, an early satellite to study radiation in space
  • Internet Routing in Space, a space-capable IP router

Biology and medicine

  • Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
  • Iris (insect), a genus of praying mantis
  • Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants
  • Iris (psychedelic), a psychedelic drug
  • Iris glossy-starling, the emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris)
  • Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, a complication of HIV treatment

Computing

Computing hardware

  • IRIS (biosensor), an interferometric high-throughput biosensor
  • Iris 50 and Iris 80<!--2nd link ok-->, mainframe computers from
  • Iris Mote, a wireless sensor node
  • Iris printer, an inkjet printer
  • SGI IRIS, a line of computer terminals and workstations
  • HTC Iris, a smartphone manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation
  • Intel HD, UHD and Iris Graphics, a series of integrated graphics processors
  • Internet Routing in Space, a space-capable IP router

Software

  • IRIS (astronomical software), an image processing application
  • Iris Associates, an American software company, developer of Lotus Notes
  • Iris Browser, a web browser
  • IRIS GL, a graphics application programming interface
  • Iris (logic), a higher-order concurrent separation logic framework
  • IRIS (transportation software), a traffic management system
  • IRIS WorkSpace, a graphically organized iconic desktop environment
  • Incident Resource Inventory System (IRIS), a distributed software tool provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Other uses in computing

  • Iris Challenge Evaluation, a series of NIST events to promote iris recognition technology
  • Iris Recognition Immigration System, an electronic border control system
  • Information Systems Research in Scandinavia, a non-profit organization in Scandinavia
  • Insurance Regulatory Information System, a database of insurance companies in the United States
  • Iris flower data set, a standard example data set for use in statistics (and related software)

Other uses in science and technology

  • Iris (diaphragm), a mechanical device in optical systems
  • Tropical Storm Iris (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean
  • IRIS (jamming device), an Estonian weapon
  • IRIS Consortium, a seismology research project
  • Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship, a Brown University program
  • Internal rotary inspection system, a pipe testing method
  • International Reactor Innovative and Secure, a nuclear reactor design
  • IRIS (), aggregated units for statistical information in French census mapping

Transportation

Aircraft and missiles

  • Abraham Iris, a 1930s French touring airplane
  • Blackburn Iris, a 1920s British biplane flying boat
  • IRIS-T, a German air-to-air missile
  • Shahab-4 or IRIS, an Iranian liquid propelled missile

Automobiles

  • Iris (car), a British car brand manufactured 1906–1925
  • Desert Iris, a Jordanian 4x4 strategic auxiliary vehicle
  • Tata Magic Iris, an Indian microvan
  • Wallyscar Iris, a Tunisian mini SUV

Engines

  • IRIS engine, a design for a type of internal combustion engine
  • de Havilland Iris, a British four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, horizontally opposed aero engine

Rail transportation

  • Iris (train), an international express train in Europe
  • International Railway Industry Standard; see Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes

Watercraft

  • , for any of several ships by that name
  • French ship Iris, the name of several vessels
  • HMS Iris, the name of several Royal Navy ships
  • MV Royal Iris, a ferry operating until 1991
  • USS Iris, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
  • MV Royal Iris of the Mersey, a ferry operating since 2001
  • IRIS, for Islamic Republic of Iran Ship, the prefix for Iranian naval vessels since 1979

See also

  • Irris, a South Korean girl group
  • Iris Award (disambiguation)
  • Iris II (disambiguation)