Fiona

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | 447 words | Copyright

Fiona ♀ Latinate derivative of the Gaelic word fionn ‘white, fair’. It was first used by James Macpherson (1736–96), author of the Ossianic poems, which were supposedly translations from ancient Gaelic. It was subsequently used as a pen-name by William Sharp (1855–1905), who produced many romantic works under the name of Fiona Macleod, and has since become popular throughout the English-speaking world.

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