Fiona is a feminine given name. The name Fiona was invented, and first used, by
the Scottish poet James Macpherson, author of the Ossian poems, which he
claimed were translations from ancient Gaelic sources. The name was
subsequently used as a pseudonym by William Sharp, who authored several
romantic works under the name "Fiona Macleod". The name has since become
popular in England, Scotland and Ireland.
The name is considered to be a Latinised form of the Gaelic word fionn, meaning
"white", "fair". The name Fiona is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of
the Irish-language name Fíona, although these names are otherwise unrelated.
There is also a modern tendency to equate the authentic Scottish Gaelic
feminine name Fionnghal with Fiona. The name Fiona is rising in popularity
particularly in German-speaking countries. Fiona was the 49th most
popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in Germany. Fiona was tied for third
place in the ranking of most popular names for baby girls born in the tiny
principality of Liechtenstein in 2008. The name was the 347th most popular name
for girls born in the United States in 2008, where it has ranked among the top
1,000 most popular names for girls since 1990 and among the top 500 since 1999.
The name Fiona has been particularly popular for girls of Asian or Pacific
Islander descent in New York City, where Fiona ranked as the ninth most popular
name for girls from those groups in 2007.
Real people with this name Fiona, singer, born Fiona Flanagan
Fiona Apple, singer Fiona Bruce, BBC presenter
Fiona Fairhurst, inventor of the Speedo Fastskin swimsuit
Fiona Gubelmann, American actress Fiona Hammond, Australian water polo
player Fiona Mackenzie, Scottish Gaelic Singer
Fiona Mactaggart, British politician Fiona May, English-Italian athlete and
actress Fiona Millar, British author and
journalist Fiona O'Donnell, Scottish politician
Fiona O'Driscoll, Irish camogie player Fiona O'Loughlin, Australian stand-up
comedian Fiona O'Malley, Irish politician
Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Irish actor Fiona O'Sullivan, Irish footballer
Fiona Phillips, British journalist and broadcaster
Fiona Ritchie, American broadcaster Fiona Robinson, Australian basketball
and handball player Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
Fiona Staples, Comic Book Artist Fiona Sit, Hong Kong Cantonese singer
Fiona Xie, Singaporean television actress
Melanie Fiona Hallim, Canadian singer Kim Hill, New Zealand broadcaster also
known as Fiona Fictional characters
Fiona Belli, protagonist in the game Haunting Ground
Fiona Carter in the BBC show Spooks Fiona "Fee" Cleary, matriarch of the
Cleary family in the novel and mini-series The Thorn Birds
Fiona Conneely, main character in The Secret of Roan Inish
Fiona Coyne in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Fiona Fennec, a character in the comic Kevin and Kell
Fiona Flagstaff, character/spinosaurus in Dino Squad
Fiona Fox in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic books by Archie Comics
Fiona Gallagher in the television drama Shameless
Fiona Glenanne in the television show Burn Notice
Fiona Goode, character in American Horror Story: Coven
Fiona Hackworth in the book The Diamond Age
Fiona Kerr, a "notorious wet" in the novel The Passion Flower Hotel
Fiona Elisi Linette in the anime series Zoids
Fiona Maxwell, one of the main characters in Australian author John
Marsden's 1993 novel Tomorrow, When the War Began
Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical Brigadoon
Fiona Volpe, an assassin in the film Thunderball
Fiona Wallice in the television and web series Web Therapy
Princess Fiona in the film Shrek and its sequels
Princess Fiona, sorceress in the Chronicles of Amber novels
Fiona in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Fiona, stepmother of Sam Montgomery in the 2004 film A Cinderella Story
Fiona in the movie Eurotrip Fiona, main character in television
series So Weird Fiona in Lois Lowry's novel The Giver
Fiona, main character in the film Josie and the Pussycats
Fiona in Kid vs. Kat Fiona, a playable character in the
Free-to-play game Vindictus Fiona Cat, Huckle Cat's mother from The
Busy World of Richard Scarry Fionna the Human, the gender-swapped
version of Finn the Human in the Adventure Time episode Fionna and Cake
See also List of Irish-language given names
Tropical Storm Fiona - a 2010 Atlantic storm
Fiona pinnata, marine mollusc, only member of the genus Fiona and family
Fionidae References