Irbe

{{Short description|Female given name}}

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| meaning = Partridge

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| name day = March 20

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Irbe is a Latvian feminine given name{{cite web|url=http://www.latvia.eu/library/latvians/|publisher=The Latvian Institute|date=2014|title=Latvians|accessdate=18 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119063927/http://www.latvia.eu/library/latvians/|archive-date=19 January 2015|url-status=dead}} and a Latvian surname.{{cite news|last1=Jacobs|first1=Timothy|title=Latvian names are more than just Janis|url=https://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/6094/|accessdate=8 March 2017|publisher=The Baltic Times|date=28 February 2002}}

The associated name day is March 20.{{cite web|url=http://www.vardadienas.lv/ |author=vardadienas.lv |title=Marts |language=lv |accessdate=18 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708151916/http://www.vardadienas.lv/ |archivedate= 8 July 2015 }}

Notable people with the surname Irbe include:

• Artūrs Irbe (born 1967), Latvian ice hockey coach and former goaltender
• Kārlis Irbe (1861–1934), bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
• Voldemārs Irbe (1893–1944), Latvian pastelist