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Fiona

Pronounced /fiˈoʊnə/

Rank in 2024
#405
Born in 2024
782
Peak year
2017 · #180
Origin
Scottish Gaelic

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 782 girls were named Fiona, about 1 in every 2,063.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 1,683 babies, ranked #180.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1942.
  • 33,296 girls have been named Fiona since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Fiona per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.5
    Gen Z
  7. 0.8
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 35 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 264 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 940 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,529 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 14,250 babies, 0.49 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 15,278 babies, 0.75 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Irish fionn (“fair, white”). 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. (Sara Duterte): After the fictional character Princess Fiona from the Shrek series, who transforms from princess to ogre.

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

From Wiktionary’s entry for Fiona, CC BY-SA 4.0.