ə-ree-nuh (first syllable just a generic weak vowel, kind of like “uh”) would be my first guess, and ee-ree-nuh would be my second. I don’t really see it as a form of [name_f]Irene[/name_f] so would not guess eye-ree-nuh
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Pronunciation #3 is my default!
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I say [name_f]Irina[/name_f] (ih-reen-ah) and [name_f]Irena[/name_f] (eye-reen-ah)
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I would pronounce it like [name_f]Irene[/name_f] with an a on the end
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Eye-reen-uh when said in full/emphasised but when lazy/fast sounds like arena
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I would pronounce it eye-ree-nah, but I think a lot of that is due to the similar [name_f]Idina[/name_f] as in [name_f]Idina[/name_f] Menzel.
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#3 for me as well, with the “ih” sound! [name_f]Beautiful[/name_f] name 
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I’d pronounce it like [name_f]Irene[/name_f] with an a. I like it!
[name_f]My[/name_f] pronunciation is closest to #3 on your list, ih-reen-ah. I used to go to a church with lots of women who had this name or similar variants: there was an [name_f]Irina[/name_f] (prn ih-reen-ah), [name_f]Eirini[/name_f], [name_f]Irene[/name_f] (both prn ih-ree-knee), [name_f]Rina[/name_f] and Ena!! (My husband is Eastern Orthodox and we used to go to a very mixed parish with Greeks, Romanians, Bulgarians and Russians; [name_f]Irina[/name_f] is Russian, [name_f]Eirini[/name_f] and [name_f]Irene[/name_f] are Greek and [name_f]Ena[/name_f] is Romanian.)
[name_f]My[/name_f] second guess would be eye-reen-ah, but never like arena. I think your daughter might have to correct people depending on where you live, but for the most part, I think she would be fine
I know an [name_f]Irina[/name_f] (ee-ree-na) that’s how it is pronounced in [name_f]Russia[/name_f]
I’d say ee-ree-nah
Ih-ree-nah, pronunciation #3 