Fiona

femaleScottish, feminine of Fionn

The feminine form of Fionn. Popularized by Scottish poet James Macpherson in his 1761 poem Fingal, where it was spelled 'Fióna'.

Origin: Scottish, feminine of Fionn

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1955 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #4 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. See regions.

Fiona: Recorded every year since 1955, it reached #4 in 1971, and it stood at #325 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
209times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#4highest recorded position
43groupings it qualifies for
35names it appears alongside

What stands out in Fiona's record

Ranked every year since 1955, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 50 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 121 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Appears alongside 35 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

fee-OH-nuh/fi.ˈoʊ.nə/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Scottish, feminine of Fionn
Meaning: The feminine form of Fionn. Popularized by Scottish poet James Macpherson in his 1761 poem Fingal, where it was spelled 'Fióna'.
Pronunciation: fee-OH-nuh
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Scottish, feminine of Fionn

Popularity

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#157
1997	#160
1998	#171
1999	#201
2000	#202
2001	#267
2002	#268
2003	#336
2004	#334
2005	#386
2006	#340
2007	#433
2008	#436
2009	#483
2010	#499
2011	#569
2012	#749
2013	#743
2014	#842
2015	#871
2016	#897
2017	#836
2018	#936
2019	#955
2020	#1267
2021	#1692
2022	#1621
2023	#1108
2024	#1406
2025	#1362

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 34 of the 63 years from 1963 to 2025.

In 2025: #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #399 among girls in Norway, #1362 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1955–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #87 among girls in New Zealand in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1362 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Fiona appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 62 ranked years and 13,416 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1955.

Fiona across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Fiona's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#389 (1963)	#207 (2015)	#399 (2025)	34 of 63	376 (1963–2025)	26 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#32 (1964)	#4 (1971)	#325 (2025)	62 of 62	13,416 (1964–2025)	657 (1972)
New Zealand · Girls	#87 (1955)	#14 (1969)	#92 (1987)	32 of 33	6,039 (1955–1987)	317 (1962)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#87 (1956)	#12 (1969)	#95 (1987)	32 of 32	8,062 (1956–1987)	491 (1969)
England and Wales · Girls	#157 (1996)	#157 (1996)	#1362 (2025)	30 of 30	2,904 (1996–2025)	282 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#66 (1997)	#66 (1997)	#432 (2017)	18 of 21	209 (1997–2017)	39 (1997)

Fiona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fiona in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	2,008	6 of 10	335
1970sbusiest	5,158	10 of 10	516
1980s	3,740	10 of 10	374
1990s	1,682	10 of 10	168
2000s	581	10 of 10	58
2010s	200	10 of 10	20
2020s	47	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 516 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Fiona appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1955 and 2025, ranked in 71 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #4, first reached in 1971.

It held a top-100 place in 50 years, 50 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 657 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1956, and 69 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Fiona was ranked #4 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1971. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Finton · #222, 22y
Finty · #2138, 17y
Fionan · #223, 41y
Fionn · #6, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sara · #4, 74y
Adam · #3, 73y
Adrian · #3, 73y
Deborah · #3, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Joanne · #4, 74y
Marius · #4, 71y
Adam · #3, 73y
Adrian · #3, 73y

Comparisons involving Fiona

Existing comparison pages where Fiona and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Fiona in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Susan vs Fiona
In 1964 they stood at #22 and #32 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2023 they were #856 and #279.
Susan · Fiona · 57 shared years, 1964–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Republic of Ireland ranking
Fiona vs Carol
In 1964 they stood at #32 and #36 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2010 they were #205 and #663.
Fiona · Carol · 45 shared years, 1964–2010 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2010 Republic of Ireland ranking
Karen vs Fiona
In 1964 they stood at #41 and #32 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2019 they were #871 and #421.
Karen · Fiona · 56 shared years, 1964–2019 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2019 Republic of Ireland ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Fiona within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Fiona vs Leanne
Across 29 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Fiona and Leanne averaged 12.3 places apart, ending at #74 and #95.
Fiona · Leanne · 29 shared years, 1957–1986 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1986 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Fiona vs Joanne
Across 31 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Fiona and Joanne averaged 13.3 places apart, ending at #68 and #87.
Fiona · Joanne · 31 shared years, 1955–1986 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1986 New Zealand ranking
Fiona vs Tracey
Across 26 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Fiona and Tracey averaged 13.5 places apart, ending at #72 and #85.
Fiona · Tracey · 26 shared years, 1958–1983 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Fiona and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Rachel vs Fiona
In 1970, Rachel moved ahead of Fiona in New Zealand · Girls — #22 and #14 the year before became #4 and #18.
Rachel · Fiona · 23 shared years, 1965–1987 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1970 New Zealand ranking
Kylie vs Fiona
In 1970, Kylie moved ahead of Fiona in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #18 and #12 the year before became #6 and #14.
Kylie · Fiona · 23 shared years, 1965–1987 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1970 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Lisa vs Fiona
In 1966, Lisa moved ahead of Fiona in New Zealand · Girls — #31 and #21 the year before became #7 and #19.
Lisa · Fiona · 26 shared years, 1962–1987 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1966 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Fiona measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Fiona at its highest position.

Linda vs Fiona
In 1964 they stood at #28 and #32 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #718 and #325.
Linda · Fiona · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Anna vs Fiona
In 1964 they stood at #34 and #32 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #26 and #325.
Anna · Fiona · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Fiona vs Jodie
Fiona and Jodie changed places 14 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1982 and 2025, ending at #325 and #352.
Fiona · Jodie · 43 shared years, 1982–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Fiona and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fiona without appearing here.

Fiona moved ahead of

Nicola
In 2022 they stood at #1621 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1108 and #2689.
Stacey
In 2022 they stood at #1621 and #1621 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1108 and #2346.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1621 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1108 and #1774.
Ashleigh
In 2022 they stood at #1621 and #1142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1108 and #1469.

Moved ahead of Fiona

Fiadh
In 2019 they stood at #955 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1267 and #460.
Marie
In 2024 they stood at #1406 and #1894 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #1362 and #778.
Harper
In 2011 they stood at #569 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #749 and #284.
Kathleen
In 2019 they stood at #955 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1267 and #807.

Moved the opposite way to Fiona

Sadie
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #32 to #325 while Sadie went from #372 to #5.
Tara
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #32 to #325 while Tara went from #327 to #166.
Caoimhe
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #24 to #325 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #31.
Leah
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #24 to #325 while Leah went from #310 to #55.

Moved the same way as Fiona

Audrey
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #32 to #325 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #32 to #325 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Elaine
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #32 to #325 and Elaine from #58 to #608.
Ida
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Fiona went from #32 to #325 and Ida from #372 to #885.

Meaning & Origin

The feminine form of Fionn. Popularized by Scottish poet James Macpherson in his 1761 poem Fingal, where it was spelled 'Fióna'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Scottish, feminine of Fionn

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Fiona is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Fiona, between 1955 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
New Zealand	1955–1987	32	#14 in 1969
New South Wales, Australia	1956–1987	32	#12 in 1969
Norway	1963–2025	34	#207 in 2015
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	62	#4 in 1971
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#157 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997–2017	18	#66 in 1997
Scotland	2024	1	#638 in 2024

Its high point came 55 years earlier in New Zealand (1969) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

fee-OH-nuh/fi.ˈoʊ.nə/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Fiona Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Fiona in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Fiona

Fiona at a glance

What stands out in Fiona's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fiona across 6 official records

Fiona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Fiona appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Fiona

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Fiona

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Fiona and the names beside it

Fiona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fiona

Moved the opposite way to Fiona

Moved the same way as Fiona

Meaning & Origin

Where Fiona is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Fiona Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Fiona at a glance

What stands out in Fiona's record

Fiona across 6 official records

Fiona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Fiona appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Fiona

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Fiona

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Fiona and the names beside it

Fiona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fiona

Moved the opposite way to Fiona

Moved the same way as Fiona