Given name
Fionnula
“one who is fair; a whiteshouldered woman”
Fionnula is a variant of Fiona. One interpretation is “one who is fair; a whiteshouldered woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fionnula is a variant of Fiona. One interpretation is “one who is fair; a whiteshouldered woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fionnula 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 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Fionnula 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
Fionnula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fionnula’s family of names
Fionnula has a related form in Fiona.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Fionnula
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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