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Help[Opinions] Fiona, Fiadh, Fia and Fianna
Could you comment on these, please?
I used to dislike Fiona because of Shrek (I just never found her all that likable, I liked the donkey!) but the association is fading and I am seeing it as a pretty name now.
If you are in Scotland, is it dated there?
Fiona (fee-O-na)
Fiadh (FEE-a)
Fia (FEE-a)
Fianna (FEE-uh-na)
Fiadh and Fia are Irish (Fia is modern Irish) for "wild, untamed" and "deer". What are your thoughts? Which spelling? I like Fiadh better. She will have to explain it but I guess that with Fia she would always have to explain it's not short for Sofia, Sophia?
Fianna is Irish (not like Fiona but emphasis on the first syllable) means "band of warriors". It is associated with a political party so for that reason I might stay away from it.
Thoughts?
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I used to dislike Fiona because of Shrek (I just never found her all that likable, I liked the donkey!) but the association is fading and I am seeing it as a pretty name now.
If you are in Scotland, is it dated there?
Fiona (fee-O-na)
Fiadh (FEE-a)
Fia (FEE-a)
Fianna (FEE-uh-na)
Fiadh and Fia are Irish (Fia is modern Irish) for "wild, untamed" and "deer". What are your thoughts? Which spelling? I like Fiadh better. She will have to explain it but I guess that with Fia she would always have to explain it's not short for Sofia, Sophia?
Fianna is Irish (not like Fiona but emphasis on the first syllable) means "band of warriors". It is associated with a political party so for that reason I might stay away from it.
Thoughts?
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I have the feeling Fiona was cooler 10 years ago, but it's still ordinary-spunky like Johanna.
Fia is cute, probably because I like Sofia and Serafia. It gets lost among Lia, Pia, Tia, Mia, Kia, Nia, Zia...
Fiadh is more distinct.
I'm not familiar with Fianna, but having a name associated with a political party can be awkward, and I'd prefer other names.
Fia is cute, probably because I like Sofia and Serafia. It gets lost among Lia, Pia, Tia, Mia, Kia, Nia, Zia...
Fiadh is more distinct.
I'm not familiar with Fianna, but having a name associated with a political party can be awkward, and I'd prefer other names.
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Not in Scotland, but I'll still comment on the names. ;-)
Fiona is one of the ultimate "princess" names - to me, anyway. I suspect that's why it was chosen for Shrek, because it sounds like the embodiment of elegant, magical whimsy. Because of that - even though I like it - and even though it's quite soft - I find it rather "heavy" for real life.
Fiadh is fun, but I doubt it would work well outside of Ireland, or anywhere the Irish language is known. It's also amusing that Fiadh seems to be a contranym, given that the two offered definitions are practically opposite one another (especially if you take "respect" as akin to "respectable"). :-P
Fia is the simplified form of Fiadh, but it also looks like "daughter" in Italian, and my family is Italian(-American), so it would feel awkward to use.
My instinct is to pronounce Fianna as fee-AN-uh, both because of the double-N and the similarity to Fiona. Also, there's the political party association (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il), so this one really feels off-limits as a personal name - or at least like the people who use it have an "agenda," so to speak.
This name is sort of similar to the ones you've posted, but it isn't Celtic at all: Fiamma (FYAM-mah), Italian for "flame." There's also Fiammetta, which I think has greater use as a personal name, but both seem fairly rare in Italy. I prefer Fiammetta, but like both.
Fiona is one of the ultimate "princess" names - to me, anyway. I suspect that's why it was chosen for Shrek, because it sounds like the embodiment of elegant, magical whimsy. Because of that - even though I like it - and even though it's quite soft - I find it rather "heavy" for real life.
Fiadh is fun, but I doubt it would work well outside of Ireland, or anywhere the Irish language is known. It's also amusing that Fiadh seems to be a contranym, given that the two offered definitions are practically opposite one another (especially if you take "respect" as akin to "respectable"). :-P
Fia is the simplified form of Fiadh, but it also looks like "daughter" in Italian, and my family is Italian(-American), so it would feel awkward to use.
My instinct is to pronounce Fianna as fee-AN-uh, both because of the double-N and the similarity to Fiona. Also, there's the political party association (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il), so this one really feels off-limits as a personal name - or at least like the people who use it have an "agenda," so to speak.
This name is sort of similar to the ones you've posted, but it isn't Celtic at all: Fiamma (FYAM-mah), Italian for "flame." There's also Fiammetta, which I think has greater use as a personal name, but both seem fairly rare in Italy. I prefer Fiammetta, but like both.
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Fiona - I used to dislike it because of the same reason, but it's actually beautiful.
Fiadh - I'm not fond of Irish spellings but this one isn't that bad.
Fia - it has a nice ring to it but its briefness makes it inane. So I choose Fiadh too.
Fianna - my favourite out of these; a fresh and jovial alternative to other -anna names like Rihanna, Arianna, etc. However, I prefer it pronounced like fee-AN-a.
Fiadh - I'm not fond of Irish spellings but this one isn't that bad.
Fia - it has a nice ring to it but its briefness makes it inane. So I choose Fiadh too.
Fianna - my favourite out of these; a fresh and jovial alternative to other -anna names like Rihanna, Arianna, etc. However, I prefer it pronounced like fee-AN-a.
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