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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Fiona is such a gorgeous name as is, why ruin it with kre8ive spelling? (I may be a little biased since my name begins with "Fi" also, but really, it's a pretty awesome name.)

I actually thought of Phoebe before I noticed that it sounded the same as Fiona. It may have been a cross between them...
I don't dislike this (I usually like the look of -eona names) but it looks a little odd.

I love Fiona, but Pheona? Not so much.

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I wonder if, like Alcyone said below, it's actually supposed to be an Indian place name. That would make it a little better in my eyes, but if it's pronounced like Fiona, it's probably unlikely.

Strange. Personally, I *love* the Fi part of Fiona and wouldn't want to change it. I think Fi or Fio are great nicknames, but Phe or Pheo would just look weird. Oh well, the phonetics make sense at least.

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Sidenote: is "PersonalPenguin" in reference to the Sandra Boynton book? Just curious.

Nope. Don't like it. Why would you ruin lovely Fiona with a weird spelling?

Pheona is a tragedy.

Fiona is much better.

My first guess would be that it was a twist on Fiona as well, or perhaps a combination of Phoebe and Fiona. Pheobe is sometimes used as a variation of Phoebe, so maybe it was a way to honor someone named Pheobe. I really have no idea, though.

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I think it would have been better to just go with Fiona if it's supposed to be a variant of it in this case.

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Additional info: I looked up Pheona, and it's also an Indian place name that is pronounced FEE-na.

This message was edited 10/2/2011, 4:05 PM

Not a big fan of that spelling but Im not a huge fan of the name anyways...Unless it's a cultural thing or related to a different name I dont understand why people try so hard to be that different. Im not against uniqueness but some of it gets silly.