MyNameRoots
Baby name
Fiona
Girl
Origin of the name
Fiona comes from the Gaelic fionn, “white, fair.” The Scottish writer James Macpherson made it known in the 18th century.
Rising name
33,959births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 180rank at its peak, in 2017
Where babies named Fiona are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Fiona is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Fiona is most common in Massachusetts (2.6 times), New Hampshire (2.3) and Maine (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Born in…
Add your year to see.