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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Fiona: Scottish Meaning of Fiona: "white, fair" Fiona's Popularity in 2012: #209
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Fiona entered the American consciousness with the opening of the 1954 Broadway musical Brigadoon, but didn't come onto the U.S. popularity list until 1990, and it's only in the last two years that it's entered the Top 300.

Fiona is the best known of a group of related Gaelic names, which is ironic because it's the only one without genuine traditional roots--it was found first in James Macpherson's Ossianic poems and then popularized in the late nineteenth century as a feminine pseudonym for a Scottish male writer. Its recent spike in popularity owes much to singer Fiona Apple and also possibly to Princess Fiona in Shrek.

In fact, there have been numerous Fionas on the big and small screens, from The Thorn Birds to Josie and the Pussycats, Four Weddings and a Funeral to Nurse Jackie to Shameless.

Jennie Garth and Chad Lowe have daughters named Fiona. It's also Julia Roberts' middle name.

If you're looking for something more authentic, consider Fionnuala.

Famous People Named Fiona

Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart, American musician
Fiona Victoria Gubelmann, American actress
Fiona Eve Facinelli (b. 2006), daughter of Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli
Fiona Luna (b. 2010), daughter of Diego Luna and Camila Sodi
Fiona Leigh Pudi (b. 2012), daughter of Danny Pudi
Fiona Hepler Lowe (b. 2012), daughter of Chad Lowe and Kim Painter

Pop Culture References for the Name Fiona

Princess Fiona, character from the film series Shrek
BabyFirst cartoon "Fred and Fiona"
Fiona Glenanne, character on TV show Burn Notice
Character in Lois Lowry's The Giver
Fiona Belli, main character of the game Haunting Ground
Fiona Phillips, main character on the show So Weird
Fiona, character from Roger Zelazny's Amber seriPr
Fiona Lee, character in The Blurred Man by Anthony Horowitz
Fiona Gallagher in the Showtime sitcom Shameless

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