Fiona
| Pronunciation | Fee-OH-Na |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Celtic |
| Meaning | White |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Ffion, Fionnula, Fionnghuala |
Fiona is a given name for a female. Regularly pronounced /fiːˈəʊnə/ (Fee-OH-Na), the name is of Celtic origin and means "white", "pale" or "fair". It was used by Scottish poet James Macpherson in his 1761 poem "Fingal"[1] and became popular thereafter. The President of the Names Society of Great Britain describes Fiona as an invented name, like Pamela, Lorna, Vanessa and Wendy.[2]
The author William Sharp used the pseudonym 'Fiona Macleod' in the 19th century and even wrote a biography of her for Who's Who.[2]
Variant forms
- Scottish Gaelic: Fionnadh
- Irish: Fionnghuala, Fionnula
- Welsh: Ffion actually means "foxglove," but is sometimes used as a Welsh version of Fiona.
Real people with this name
- Fiona Apple, a singer
- Fiona, a singer, born Fiona Flanagan
- Fiona Bruce, BBC Newreader and Television presenter
- Fiona Hammond, an Australian water polo player
- Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian singer with The Cottars
- Fiona Robinson, an Australian basketball and handball player
- Fiona Ritchie, host of The Thistle and Shamrock on NPR
- Fiona Shaw, an Irish actress
- Fiona Sit, a Hong Kong Cantonese singer
Fictional characters
- Fiona Barimen, a character in The Chronicles of Amber
- Fiona Belli, the protagonist in the game Haunting Ground
- Fiona Carter, a former character in the BBC show Spooks
- Fiona Cleary, the mother, simply called Fee, in the book The Thorn Birds
- Fiona Fox, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic books by Archie Comics
- Fiona Gallagher, a character in the television drama, Shameless
- Fiona Glenanne, a character in the television show Burn Notice
- Fiona Hackworth, a character in the book The Diamond Age
- Fiona Elisi Linette, a character in the anime series Zoids
- Fiona, a character from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical Brigadoon
- Fiona, stepmother of Sam Montgomery in the 2004 film A Cinderella Story
- Fiona, character from the movie Eurotrip
- Princess Fiona, a character in the film Shrek and its sequels
- Fiona, main character in So Weird
- Fiona, a character from Lois Lowry's The Giver
- Fiona Conneely, main character in The Secret of Roan Inish.
See also
- Fiona pinnata, marine mollusc, only member of the genus Fiona and family Fionidae
Notes
- ^ Behind the Name
- ^ a b Dunkling, Leslie Alan (1999), Scottish Christian Names. Pub. Johnston & Bacon, Sterling. ISBN 0-7179-4606-1. P. 55.
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