1. Scottish Gaelic "fair" or "white" derived from an ancient myth of a giant hero Fion/Fionn.
2. Irish Gaelic [with a stress: Fíona] "vine". Fina is a pet name as well as the Anglicized form.
The two Gaelic forms are not connected although Fiona is used naturally as an Anglicized form of Fíona. |