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Infobox Given Name Revised| name = Fiona| image=| imagesize=| caption=| pronunciation= IPA-en|fi'o?n?|respell|fee|OH|n?)| gender = Female| meaning = white, fair| region = Scotland, England| origin = Gaelic (Latinised)| related names = Fiona, Fionnghal, Fíona| footnotes = Fiona is a feminine given name . The name Fiona was invented, and first used, by the Scottish people|Scottish poet James Macpherson Citation needed|date=March 2012 (1736–96), author of the Ossian poems, which he claimed were translations from ancient Gaelic sources (sources, when challenged, he never produced). The name was subsequently used as a pseudonym by William Sharp (writer)|William Sharp (1855–1905), 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 language|Gaelic word fionn , meaning "white", "fair". The name Fiona is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of the Irish language name Fíona . There is also a modern tendency to equate the authentic Scottish Gaelic feminine name Fionnghal with Fiona cite book |title=The Gaelic-English Dictionary |last=Mark |first=Colin |year=2003 |publisher= Routledge |isbn=0-203-27706-6 |format= pdf (note that it is possible that Fiona may have been based on Fionnghal ).cite book|title=A Dictionary of First Names|publisher= Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-280050-7
The name Fiona is rising in popularity particularly in German language|German -speaking countries. Fiona was the 49th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in Germany . http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/2008 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. http://www.llv.li/llv-as-publikationen-vornamen_neugeborenen.htm 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. http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi 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. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2008/pr069-08.shtml
Real people with this name
Fiona (singer)|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 MacGillivray , Canadian singer
Fiona J. Mackenzie|Fiona Mackenzie , Scottish Gaelic Singer
Fiona Mactaggart , British politician
Fiona May , English athlete
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
Julia Roberts , American actress born "Julia Fiona Roberts"
Kim_Hill_(broadcaster)|Kim Hill , New Zealand broadcaster also known as Fiona
Fictional characters
Fiona Belli , protagonist in the game Haunting Ground
Fiona "Fee" Cleary, matriarch of the Cleary family in The Thorn Birds|the novel and The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries)|mini-series The Thorn Birds
Fiona Conneely, main character in The Secret of Roan Inish
Fiona Coyne (Degrassi character)|Fiona Coyne in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Fiona Flagstaff, character/spinosaurus in Dino Squad
List of Sonic the Hedgehog comic book characters#Fiona Fox|Fiona Fox in the Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)|Sonic the Hedgehog comic books by Archie Comics
Fiona Gallagher in the television drama Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless
Fiona Glenanne in the television show Burn Notice (TV series)|Burn Notice
Fiona Hackworth in the book The Diamond Age
Fiona Elisi Linette in the anime series Zoids: Chaotic Century|Zoids
Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical Brigadoon (musical)|Brigadoon
Fiona Volpe , an assassin in the film Thunderball (film)|Thunderball
Fiona pinnata , marine mollusc, only member of the genus Fiona and family Fionidae
Notes
reflist given name|Fiona|nocat Category:English feminine given names Category:Feminine given names Category:Scottish feminine given names Category:English given names invented by authors of fiction
