The English feminine form of the Irish name Fionn, Fiona derives from the Old Irish word ‘finn’, which means ‘fair, white’.
Fiona is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.
The name Fiona isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Fiona ranks 209. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 9 were named Fiona. In the entire USA, approximately 29,150 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Fiona. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
The English feminine form of the Irish name Fionn, Fiona derives from the Old Irish word ‘finn’, which means ‘fair, white’.
The name Fiona or Fióna ... became popular in Ireland and Britain through the poem 'Fingal' (1761). It was written by James Macpherson.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter F is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.2% of all common girls' names in the US begin with an F. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.
With five letters, the name Fiona is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 1.2% of all girls' names begin with an F, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with F that are quite popular, the most common at present is Frances.
If your name is Fiona and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Fiona, you can simply say:
Fox
Igloo
Orange
Nut
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Fiona
Fiona
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
F
I
O
N
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
F
I
O
N
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Fiona sounds like this:
