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), 1901, 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, the original name of the British thriller television series The Iris Affair 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), 1992, 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 Rare Isotope Science, an organization which operates the Rare isotope Accelerator complex for ON-line experiment (RAON) in South Korea 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 US 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 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, 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 US 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)