Fiona

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Name: Fiona

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Europe

Language: Scottish

Thematic: Literature

Meaning: Fair, white, beautiful.

Comments: Fiona, like Lorna, Pamela, Vanessa and Wendy, is an invented name. It was invented by the Scottish writer William Sharp, who wrote several books using the pseudonym Fiona Macleod. Sharp probably got the idea for Fiona from two Celtic names, Fionnula (Irish, meaning 'white shoulder') and Ffion (Welsh, meaning 'foxglove'). Fiona makes a fine Scottish variant of these names. Since the Irish word fionn means 'fair', 'white' or 'beautiful', Fiona can be taken to have the same meanings.