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Fiona

Feminine form of Fionn.

PronunciationEnglish /fi.ˈoʊ.nə/
Usage languagesDutch, English, Scottish
US rank (2025)#470

Meaning and history

Fíona is the feminine form of Fionn. It appears to have first been used by Scottish poet James Macpherson as Fióna in his poem Fingal (1761), though the attribution is uncertain.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 991 births, rank #333
2007: 918 births, rank #352
2008: 964 births, rank #346
2009: 1,051 births, rank #314
2010: 1,265 births, rank #258
20112011: 1,211 births, rank #266
2012: 1,503 births, rank #209
2013: 1,640 births, rank #197
2014: 1,648 births, rank #204
2015: 1,495 births, rank #219
20162016: 1,560 births, rank #211
2017: 1,683 births, rank #180
2018: 1,414 births, rank #224
2019: 1,250 births, rank #265
2020: 1,089 births, rank #294
20212021: 1,073 births, rank #299
2022: 881 births, rank #359
2023: 767 births, rank #400
2024: 787 births, rank #405
20252025: 654 births, rank #470

Fiona moved from #405 to #470 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 1,683 births.