Fiona

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England.

Origin

• From Irish fionn. In use before 1713. Popularized by James Macpherson (see 1765 quotation), and perhaps by the 19th-century Scottish writer William Sharp, who chose “Fiona Macleod” as his pen name.