Meaning of the Irish name Fiona.

Fiona boy name meaning. Popularity list until 1990. Of Scottish origin it is quite a popular name in Ireland. Fiona was the name of a character in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral and the name of the mother to the boy Marcus in Nick Hornbys novel About a Boy.

2 people from Canada and the United States agree the name Fiona is of Irish African origin and means White Fair. Finnian is a fair jig of a name energetic and easy on the ear. Fiona Origin and Meaning The name Fiona is a girls name of Gaelic Scottish origin meaning white fair.

Finnian and brother Finian is also familiar in its alternate spelling through the classic 1968 Broadway musical Finians Rainbow later made into a film starring Fred Astaire as Finian McLonergan. Latinate form of the Gaelic word fionn. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin and the meaning of Fiona is white fair.

This name was first used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal 1762 in which it is spelled as Fióna. Invented in by 19th century Scottish author William Sharp who used it as a pen. 1 It can be considered either a Latinised form of the Gaelic word fionn meaning white fair 1 or an Anglicisation of the Irish name Fíona derived from an element meaning vine.

Fiona is a feminine given name. Nobility excellence Height elevation. The name Fiona is primarily a female name of Scottish origin that means White Fair.

SATORU 1-暁 2-悟 3-聡 4-知 5-覚 6-諭 7-了 8-智. First used by James Macpherson 18th century author of the Ossianic poems. Feminine form of Fionn.