Fiona
A girls’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning fair or white.
How Fiona has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #219 |
| 2016 | #211 |
| 2017 | #180 |
| 2018 | #223 |
| 2019 | #265 |
| 2020 | #292 |
| 2021 | #299 |
| 2022 | #357 |
| 2023 | #400 |
| 2024 | #406 |
| 2025 | #470 |
Fiona by the numbers
In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Fiona. In the US, 1,672 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Fiona. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Fiona
Names that are said the same way as Fiona, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Fiona, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Fiona, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Fiona
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