Message: "Fiona" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Fiona

by Tara (Tara Siobhan)

8/22/2003, 3:33 PM

I really like the name Fiona and when I looked up the meaning I found both 'fair' and 'vine'. The name was listed as Irish and sometimes Scottish. Am I right in thinking the Fiona (fee-O-na) is a Scottish feminine form of Fionn and Fíona means vine in Irish and should really be pronounced FEE-uh-na?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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- Stef (guest) +1

8/26/2003, 10:41 AM

Fiona is in fact a made-up name. The scottish novelist William Sharp (1855-1905) wrote under the pen-name of Fiona MacLeod. It was probably meant as a feminine for Finn meaning "fair". See http://www.slainte.org.uk/Scotauth/sharpdsw.htm

- Tara (guest)

8/26/2003, 2:03 PM

Thanks!

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