Phiona
Girl · fee-OH-na · Scottish
Phiona is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair, white”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Phiona mean?
Scottish: spelling of Fiona; from Gaelic fionn
“fair, white”
Created by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in the 1760s from the Gaelic fionn, fair or white.
- Say it
- fee-OH-na
Meaning borrowed from Fiona. More on Wiktionary.
Is Phiona a girl's or a boy's name?
Phiona is a girls' name.
How popular is Phiona in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Phiona in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phiona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
Nicknames for Phiona
- Fi
Names like Phiona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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