Given name
Fionna
“one who is fair; a whiteshouldered woman”
Fionna is a variant of Fiona. One interpretation is “one who is fair; a whiteshouldered woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fionna is a variant of Fiona. One interpretation is “one who is fair; a whiteshouldered woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fionna is a variant of Fiona. An origin associated with Fiona is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Fionna is a variant of Fiona. The history of Fiona gives this family its wider story. James Macpherson is credited with first using Fiona. The writer William Sharp later adopted Fiona Macleod as a pen name, adding another literary chapter to its history.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Fionna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 738
- 0 boys · 738 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,769 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,769 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 707 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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