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Fiona is a feminine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
. The name is associated with the Gaelic traditions of Ireland and Scotland (through the poetry of
James Macpherson James Macpherson (Gaelic: ''Seumas MacMhuirich'' or ''Seumas Mac a' Phearsain''; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of epic poem ...
), but has also become popular in England.. It can be considered either a Latinised form of the Gaelic word ''fionn'', meaning "white", "fair", or an Anglicisation of the Irish name ''Fíona'' (derived from an element meaning "vine"). The
Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well ...
feminine name ''Fionnghal'' (and variants) is sometimes equated with ''Fiona''. In ninth-century Welsh and Breton language 'Fion' (today: 'ffion') referred to the foxglove species and is also a female given name as in
Ffion Hague Ffion Llywelyn Hague, Lady Hague of Richmond ('' née'' Jenkins; 21 February 1968) is a Welsh broadcaster, author, former civil servant, and wife of Conservative politician William Hague. Born Ffion Jenkins in Cardiff, she is a native Welsh sp ...
. ''Fiona'' was the 49th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in
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. ''Fiona'' was tied for third place in the ranking of most popular names for baby girls born in
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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-Pacific American, 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.


Notable people with this name

*Fiona (singer), Fiona, singer, born Fiona Flanagan *Fiona Alpass, New Zealand academic *Fiona Apple, American singer *Fiona Balfour, Australian business executive in the field of information technology *Fiona Bloom, publicist *Fiona Bruce, BBC presenter *Fiona Campbell-Walter, British model *Fiona Crombie, Australian costume and production designer *Fiona Dourif, American actress *Fiona Fairhurst, inventor of the Speedo Fastskin swimsuit *Fiona Ferro, French tennis player *Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer *Fiona Fullerton, English actress *Fiona Fung, Hong Kong singer *Fiona Gubelmann, American actress *Fiona Hammond, Australian water polo player *Fiona Highet, Scottish entomologist *Fiona Hill (presidential advisor) , Fiona Hill, British-American foreign affairs specialist *Fiona McLeod Hill, British political adviser *Fiona McLeod (barrister), Fiona McLeod, Australian prominent barrister and Labor politician *Fiona Kennedy, Scottish singer *Fiona Krautil, Australian specialist in inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace *Fiona MacDonald, Scottish curler *Fiona J. Mackenzie, Scottish Gaelic singer *Fiona Mactaggart, British politician *Fiona May, English-Italian athlete and actress *Fiona McFarlane, Australian author *Fiona Millar, British author and journalist *Fiona O'Donnell, Scottish politician *Fiona O'Driscoll, Irish camogie player *Fiona O'Loughlin (comedian), Fiona O'Loughlin, Australian stand-up comedian *Fiona O'Loughlin (politician), Fiona O'Loughlin, Irish politician *Fiona O'Malley, Irish politician *Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Irish actor *Fiona O'Sullivan, Irish footballer *Fiona Onasanya, British politician *Fiona Phillips, British journalist and broadcaster *Fiona Pitt-Kethley, British poet, novelist and journalist *Fiona Richmond, English glamour model *Fiona Ritchie, American broadcaster *Fiona Robinson, Australian basketball and handball player *Fiona M. Scott Morton, American Professor of Economics *Fiona Shaw, Irish actress *Fiona Sit, Hong Kong Cantonese singer *Fiona Staples, comic book artist *Fiona Watt (author), Fiona Watt, British children's author *Fiona Xie, Singaporean television actress


Fictional characters

* Princess Fiona, the female lead and a major character in the ''Shrek (franchise), Shrek'' franchise * Fiona, stepmother of Sam Montgomery in the 2004 film ''A Cinderella Story'' * Fiona in Lemony Snicket's ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' * Fiona, a character in ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3'' * Fiona, a character in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 3'' * Fiona in the film ''EuroTrip'' * Fiona, main character in the film ''Josie and the Pussycats (film), Josie and the Pussycats'' * Fiona, a character in ''Kid vs. Kat'' * Fiona, one of the regular characters in ''Round the Horne'' * Fiona, main character in the television series ''So Weird'' * Fiona, leader of the rebel mages in ''Dragon Age: Inquisition'' * Fiona, a main player-character from the ''Tales from the Borderlands'' video game * Fiona, the closest friend of Jonas in Lois Lowry's 1993 novel ''The Giver'' * Fiona, a playable character in the Free-to-play game ''Vindictus'' * Fiona of Fort Weyr, Telgar Weyrwoman in ''Dragon's Time'' by Anne and Todd McCaffrey * Fionna, the gender-swapped version of Finn in ''Adventure Time'' *Fiona Bayar, an antagonist in ''The Seven Realms'' series * Fiona/Black Fairy in the TV series ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time'' *Fiona Belli, protagonist in the game ''Haunting Ground'' *Fiona Callahan, a character in the CW show Charmed (2018 TV series), Charmed *Fiona Carter in the BBC show ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'' * Fiona Cat, Huckle Cat's mother from ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' *Fiona "Fee" Cleary, matriarch of the Cleary family in The Thorn Birds, the novel and The Thorn Birds (miniseries), mini-series ''The Thorn Birds'' * Fiona Conneely, main character in ''The Secret of Roan Inish'' *Fiona Coyne, a character in the Canadian television series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Fiona Fennec, a character in the comic ''Kevin and Kell'' * Fiona Flagstaff, a Spinosaurus character in ''DinoSquad'' *Fiona Fox, a character in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog (comics), Sonic the Hedgehog'' comics by Archie Comics *Fiona Gallagher, a character in the television drama ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'' * Fiona Gilman, a character in the video game ''Identity V'' *Fiona Glenanne, a main character in the television show ''Burn Notice'' *Fiona Goode, a 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 Linette, a character in the anime series ''Zoids: Chaotic Century'' * Fiona Maxwell, one of the main characters in the 1993 novel ''Tomorrow, When the War Began'' * Fiona Mayfield, a character in the video game series ''Arcana Heart'' * Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical ''Brigadoon'' * Lady Fiona McTarry, the alias of Agent Mimi in the James Bond spoof ''Casino Royale (1967 film), Casino Royale'' * Fiona Pitch, aunt of Baz Grimm-Pitch in Rainbow Rowell's 2015 novel ''Carry On (novel), Carry On'' * Fiona Volpe, an assassin in the film ''Thunderball (film), Thunderball'' * Fiona Wallice, a character in the television and web series ''Web Therapy'' *List of The Chronicles of Amber characters#The Amber royal family, Princess Fiona, sorceress in ''The Chronicles of Amber'' novels *Fiona Fraunfeld, a main character in Ransom Riggs' 2001 book ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children''


Other

*Fiona (hippopotamus), first Nile hippo imaged on ultrasound pre-natally


See also

*List of Irish-language given names


References

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