Fictional entities edit

• 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: The 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 Donnelly Garrison, a fictional character in the American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing
• Iris Irine, a Ragnarok character
• Iris Sagan, in AI: The Somnium Files
• Iris West, a DC Comics character

Film, television, and theatre edit

Film edit

• Iris shot, a film technique for ending a scene
• Iris (1916 film), a British silent romance
• Iris (1987 film), a Dutch film directed by Mady Saks
• 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

Stage productions edit

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

Television edit

• Iris (TV channel), an Italian free entertainment television channel
• Iris (TV series), a 2009 South Korean espionage television drama series
• Iris II (TV series), a 2013 South Korean espionage television drama series
• Iris, The Happy Professor, a 1992 Canadian television show featuring a purple ibis

Music edit

Classical compositions edit

• 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 edit

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

Albums edit

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

Songs edit

• "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 edit

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

Other media edit

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

Charitable organizations edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

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

• Iris (given name), a feminine given name, and a list of people so named
• 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

United States edit

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

Elsewhere edit

• 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

Astronomy and spaceflight edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

Computing hardware edit

• IRIS (biosensor), an interferometric high-throughput biosensor
• Iris 50 and Iris 80, mainframe computers from Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique
• 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 edit

• IRIS (astronomical software), an image processing application
• IRIS (transportation software), an Advanced Traffic Management System
• Iris Associates, an American software company, developer of Lotus Notes
• Iris Browser, a web browser
• IRIS GL, a graphics application programming interface
• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 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 (French: Îlots regroupés pour l'information statistique), aggregated units for statistical information in French census mapping

Aircraft and missiles edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

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

Watercraft edit

• List of ships named Iris, 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, the prefix for Iranian naval vessels since 1979; see List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

• Iris (color), an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet
• Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess

• Iris Award (disambiguation)
• Iris II (disambiguation)