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). Leslie Dunkling describes Fiona as an invented name, like Pamela, Rhianna, Lorna, Vanessa and Wendy.[1]
The author William Sharp used the pseudonym 'Fiona Macleod' in the 19th century and even wrote a biography of her for Who's Who.[1] Thus the name entered into popular usage.
Celtic Names Similar to "Fiona"
- 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 (Kim Hill), New Zealand broadcaster
- Fiona, a singer, born Fiona Flanagan
- Fiona Bruce, BBC Newreader and Television presenter
- Fiona Fairhurst, the inventor of the Speedo Fastskin swimsuit
- Fiona Hammond, an Australian water polo player
- Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian singer with The Cottars
- Fiona Mackenzie, Scottish Gaelic Singer
- Fiona May, a former British athlete who competed for internationally for Italy
- Fiona Phillips, a British journalist and broadcaster
- 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
- Fiona Xie, Singaporean television actress
Fictional characters
- Princess Fiona, character in the Amber novels
- 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 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 Hackworth in the book The Diamond Age
- Fiona Elisi Linette in the anime series Zoids
- Fiona in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical Brigadoon*
- Fiona Miller, the girlfriend of Batchelor
- Fiona, stepmother of Sam Montgomery in the 2004 film A Cinderella Story
- Fiona Volpe, an assassin in the film Thunderball
- Fiona in the movie Eurotrip
- Princess Fiona in the film Shrek and its sequels
- Fiona, main character in So Weird
- Fiona in Lois Lowry's The Giver
- Fiona, main character in the film Josie and the Pussycats
See also
- Fiona pinnata, marine mollusc, only member of the genus Fiona and family Fionidae
Notes
- ^ a b Dunkling, Leslie Alan (1999), Scottish Christian Names. Pub. Johnston & Bacon, Sterling. ISBN 0-7179-4606-1. P. 55.
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