# Fiona

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /fiˈoʊnə/ · frequency rank #12,421

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England.
2. Sara Duterte, 15ᵗʰ vice president of the Philippines.

## Etymology
From Irish fionn (“fair, white”). In use before 1713. Popularized by James Macpherson (see 1765 quotation), and perhaps by the 19th-century Scottish writer William Sharp, who chose “Fiona Macleod” as his pen name.
* (Sara Duterte): After the fictional character Princess Fiona.

## Easily confused with
- **fond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-fond)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-font)
- **fong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-fong)
- **FISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-fisa)
- **FOIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-foia)
- **fora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-fora)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-front)
- **flora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-flora)
- **fonda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiona-vs-fonda)
- **fin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fin-vs-fiona)
- **find** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fiona)
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fiona)
- **FIFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fifa-vs-fiona)
- **Finn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finn-vs-fiona)
- **fins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fins-vs-fiona)
- **fink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fink-vs-fiona)
- **fina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fina-vs-fiona)
- **final** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fiona)
- **fauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-fiona)
- **fiend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiend-vs-fiona)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffiona`, `finoa`, `fioan`, `fionna`, `foina`, `ifona`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fiona