Fiona
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fioʊnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Fiona is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 49th most common surname.
- JMJamaica≈1 in 1.6Kas Greene(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.7Kas Graham
- IEIreland≈1 in 1.8Kas Greene
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Fiona itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #738 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 560 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 102K (inferred from the name graph)
≈520,000 named Greene, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Taiwan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Greene in US United States, CA Canada, JM Jamaica and 1 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.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Modern name from Scottish Gaelic fìon ‘white, fair’ or as a feminine of Fionn.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
How Fiona is read(measured from records)
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 wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French8.0%
Modern name from Scottish Gaelic fìon ‘white, fair’ or as a feminine of Fionn.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Celtic name associated here with « blond ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
a female given name from the Goidelic languages, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
D’origine gaélique; signifie « blonde ».
as a nameLe 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.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fiona counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈520,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Fiona | 62 |
| US United States | #201 | 201,159as Graham | 1 in 1.7K | 201K | Greene | 560 |
| GB United Kingdom | #340 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 5 | Fiona | 375 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Greene | 21 |
| CA Canada | #283 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | 7 | Greene | 232 |
| IE Ireland | #124 | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | 20 | Fiona | 157 |
| NZ New Zealand | #248 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | 13 | Fiona | 161 |
| JM Jamaica | #49 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Greene | 18 |
| GY Guyana | — | 882as Greene | 1 in 851 | 882 | — | 11 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Fiona | 67 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
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 nameIrish 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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 101 sources across 59 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 32K | #1,209 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 654 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 414 | #237 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 79 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 51 | #1,209 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2017 | 20 | #241 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2017 | 10 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 7 | #583 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- 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 recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Fiona have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 521 thousand people named Greene in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- 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.
- 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 Jamaica, Fiona is the 49th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
- 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.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fionaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fiona” — the 49th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.