Fiona

Locally spelled Greene in US United States, CA Canada, IT Italy and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Fiona is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English77%

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

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• French8.0%

  Modern name from Scottish Gaelic fìon ‘white, fair’ or as a feminine of Fionn.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  Celtic name associated here with « blond ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  a female given name from the Goidelic languages, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  D’origine gaélique; signifie « blonde ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Fiona, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Gemma
• Daphne
• Cora
• Clara
• Eliza
• Eloise
• Georgia
• Leona
• Delilah
• Helena
• Imogen
• Bridget

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Fiona is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United Kingdom, United States, Argentina

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Fioná, Fîóñā, Fîonä, Fíona

• Hungarian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Kingdom, Hungary, United States, New Zealand

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Fìõnà

• Indonesian given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Fiona, Fíona, Fìona

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Fíona

• Czech given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Kingdom, Czechia, Slovakia, United States

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Fióna, Fìonà

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Fiona is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Irish, Scottish name from fionn, 'fair'; popular in Ireland and Scotland.

  as a name·Irish first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Fiona Shawb. 1958IEIrish actress (born 1958)
• Sayukib. 1961AUnot in their usual nameAustralian anthropologist, geisha (1961–2023)
• Julia Robertsb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1967)
• Fiona Mayb. 1969GBBritish-born Italian long jumper
• Fiona Appleb. 1977USAmerican musician (born 1977)
• Fiona Gubelmannb. 1980USAmerican actress (born 1980)
• Fiona Sitb. 1981CNHong Kong singer and actress
• Fiona Dourifb. 1981USAmerican actress and producer (born 1981)
• Fiona Glascottb. 1982IEIrish actress
• Xochitl Gomezb. 2006USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 2006)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Fiona come from?

Modern name from Scottish Gaelic fìon ‘white, fair’ or as a feminine of Fionn. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

Is Fiona a male or female name?

Fiona is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), France (INSEE, 2024), Austria (Statistik Austria, 2024) and Finland (DVV), among others.

In which country does Fiona have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 201 thousand people named Graham, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Fiona most common?

No national register we hold counts the spelling Fiona itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Guyana's: the national register counts about 1 in 851 people named Greene.

How do you pronounce Fiona?

A machine transcription gives /fioʊnə/ (IPA) for English.

What does the name Fiona mean?

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

What are other forms of the name Fiona?

In the etymology graph, Gwen, Gwenn and Finja are forms of the same name in other languages.

How common is the name Fiona?

In the United States, the national register counted 201,159 people named Graham in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.

How common is Fiona compared with other names?

In the United States, Fiona is the 201st most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.