Fiona is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “fair.” In 2024 it was given to 782 girls in the United States.
Fiona at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“fair”
Pronunciation
/fiˈoʊnə/
About the name Fiona
Fiona belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “fair” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Fiona first appears in Social Security records in 1942. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #180 in 2017, and in 2024 782 babies received the name — 33,296 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.