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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Fiona
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| pronunciation= Fee-OH-Na
| gender = Female
| meaning = White
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| origin = [[Celt]]ic
| related names = Ffion, Fionnula, Fionnghuala
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'''Fiona''' is a [[given name]] for a female. Regularly pronounced /fiːˈəʊnə/ (Fee-OH-Na), the name is of [[Celt]]ic origin and means "white", "pale" or "fair". It was used by Scottish poet [[James Macpherson]] in his 1761 poem "Fingal"<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/fiona Behind the Name]</ref> and became popular thereafter.
==Variant forms==
*[[Scottish Gaelic]]: Fionnadh
*[[Irish language|Irish]]: Fionnghuala, Fionnula
*[[Welsh language|Welsh]]: [[Ffion (given name)|Ffion]] actually means "[[foxglove]]," but is sometimes used as a Welsh version of Fiona.
==Real people with this name==
*[[Fiona Apple]], a singer
*[[Fiona (singer)|Fiona]], a singer, born Fiona Flanagan
*[[Fiona Hammond]], an Australian water polo player
*[[Fiona MacGillivray]], of [[The Cottars]]
*[[Fiona Shaw]], an Irish actress, appears in a number of [[Harry Potter]] films in which she plays the insufferable Aunt Petunia
*[[Fiona Sit]], a Hong Kong Cantonese singer
*[[Fiona Bruce]], BBC Newreader and Television presenter.
==Fictional characters==
* Fiona Barimen, a character in ''[[The Chronicles of Amber]]''
*[[Fiona Belli]], the protagonist in the game ''[[Haunting Ground]]''
*[[Fiona Carter]], a former character in the BBC show ''[[Spooks]]''
* Fiona Cleary, the mother, simply called Fee, in the book ''[[The Thorn Birds]]''
*[[Fiona Fox]], a character in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] comic books by [[Archie Comics]]
*[[Fiona Gallagher]], a character in the television drama, ''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]''
*[[Fiona Glenanne]], a character in the television show ''[[Burn Notice (TV series)|Burn Notice]]''
* Fiona Hackworth, a character in the book ''[[The Diamond Age]]''
*[[Supporting characters in A Series of Unfortunate Events#Fiona|Fiona]], a character from [[Lemony Snicket]]'s ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''
* Fiona McLaren, the main female character in the Broadway musical ''[[Brigadoon]]''
* Fiona, a non-playable character in ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''
* Fiona, stepmother of Sam Montgomery in the 2004 film ''[[A Cinderella Story]]''
* Fiona, character from the movie ''[[Eurotrip]]''
*[[Princess Fiona]], a character in the film ''[[Shrek]]'' and its sequels
* Fiona, main character in ''[[So Weird]]''
* [[Fiona Elisi Linette]], a character in the anime series ''[[Zoids: Chaotic Century|Zoids]]''
* Fiona, a character from [[Lois Lowry]]'s ''[[The Giver]]''
==See also==
*''[[Fiona pinnata]]'', marine mollusc, only member of the genus '''''Fiona''''' and family '''''Fionidae'''''
==Notes==
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