Fiona

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Fiona


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pronunciation= Fee-OH-Na
gender = Female
meaning = White
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origin = Celtic
related names = Ffion, Fionnula, Fionnghuala
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Fiona is a given name for a female. Regularly pronounced /fiːˈəʊnə/ (Fee-OH-Na), the name is of Celtic origin and means "white", "pale" or "fair". It was used by Scottish poet James Macpherson in his 1761 poem "Fingal" [ [http://www.behindthename.com/name/fiona Behind the Name] ] and became popular thereafter.

Variant forms

*Scottish Gaelic: Fionnadh
*Irish: Fionnghuala, Fionnula
*Welsh: Ffion actually means "foxglove," but is sometimes used as a Welsh version of Fiona.

Real people with this name

*Fiona Apple, a singer
*Fiona, a singer, born Fiona Flanagan
*Fiona Hammond, an Australian water polo player
*Fiona MacGillivray, of The Cottars
*Fiona Robinson, an Australian basketball and handball player
*Fiona Shaw, an Irish actress, appears in a number of Harry Potter films in which she plays the insufferable Aunt Petunia
*Fiona Sit, a Hong Kong Cantonese singer
*Fiona Bruce, BBC Newreader and Television presenter.

Fictional characters

* Fiona Barimen, a character in "The Chronicles of Amber"
*Fiona Belli, the protagonist in the game "Haunting Ground"
*Fiona Carter, a former character in the BBC show "Spooks"
* Fiona Cleary, the mother, simply called Fee, in the book "The Thorn Birds"
*Fiona Fox, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic books by Archie Comics
*Fiona Gallagher, a character in the television drama, "Shameless"
*Fiona Glenanne, a character in the television show "Burn Notice"
* Fiona Hackworth, a character in the book "The Diamond Age"
*Fiona, a character from Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
* Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical "Brigadoon"
* Fiona, stepmother of Sam Montgomery in the 2004 film "A Cinderella Story"
* Fiona, character from the movie "Eurotrip"
*Princess Fiona, a character in the film "Shrek" and its sequels
* Fiona, main character in "So Weird"
* Fiona Elisi Linette, a character in the anime series ""
* Fiona, a character from Lois Lowry's "The Giver"

ee also

*"Fiona pinnata", marine mollusc, only member of the genus "Fiona" and family "Fionidae"

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