Fiona

Fiona is a Scottish girl’s name meaning ‘fair’ or ‘white’. It is derived from the Gaelic word ‘fionn’, meaning fair, and was first used as a given name by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his Ossian poems in the eighteenth century. William Sharp later used it in his pen name Fiona Macleod. The name became widely known through the character Fiona, the princess in the animated film Shrek. Fiona Apple, the American singer-songwriter, is a well-known bearer.