Is Fiona classic or outdated?

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Hi everyone!
I’m expecting my first daughter next month, and my husband and I have decided to name her Fiona.
I know it’s not a super trendy or common name these days, so I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Does Fiona come across to you as a classic and elegant name, or does it feel more outdated or “granny-ish”?

It’s a classic name. But that is irrelevant it is your choice which Is important.
DD best friend is a Fiona but is called Fi for short. I like it.

I love it. It is a solid beautiful name.

Outdated but with the more recent shrek connotation as well. I don’t really like it.

Put it this way, when I was giving a name to a minor 50something character in my last novel, I called her Fiona.

If you like classic, go properly classic op.

It’s the best policy with names I think.

Shrek 5 is out this year.

It is hardly relevant tbh. Anyway Princess Fiona is a positive character!

Yes but she was also a big green ogre for much of it and kids will bully over anything.

Outdated, but could have a nickname like Fifi which sounds younger.

You can’t see the future. I think plenty of Alexa’s are naffed off about it.
I know a family with a daughter called Isis, named before it was a well known terrorist organisation. She goes by a nickname now lol!

Very outdated.

I feel it’s outdated. What about Fion? Similar but I think has a different feel to it.

Isn’t that a Nn for something else?

Ffinn for a boy It isn't a name, @loubielou31 . Ffion gets mixed up with Fionn.

@DanDin you're right about Ffinn, Ffin is a Welsh word (and therefore I am sure someone will have used it as a name) and I quite like the look of Ffinn written down. Ffion and Fionn are just different versions of the same name, just like Clair, Clare and Claire. (Haven't heard of a baby Claire, in any spelling, for decades. Surely due a resurgence).

Although having just looked it up Fionn seems to be a boy's name. I only know Ffion as a girls name.

I’m 52 and know 3 Fionas that are my age or older. I don’t hate it.

Fionn is a boys name.

Dated and a terrible name. Don’t know one single one that doesn’t have a nasty streak in her. Sorry

Agree, my first thought was shrek 😬🥺

I like fionnula (spelling varies) though, fifi or nula for short x

How about Fiadh?
If you do use Fiona, definitely watch all the Shrek films first.

It just makes me think of Shrek sorry OP 🫣 especially with the new film coming out soon.

Ffin would be a strange name, @loubielou31. The word means border/edge/boundary and isn't pronounced 'Finn'. Someone might have used the Ffinn spelling, but that isn't a Welsh spelling because of the 2 ns.

Ffion and Fionn are just different versions of the same name
No they're not. One is a Welsh name for a girl and means 'foxglove', the other is an Irish boy's name meaning 'white, blessed'.
They do not even sound the same.

No records found for babies called Ffinn in England & Wales since 1996

Sorry, but it’s a really dull and dated name. Very middle aged and mumsy. It’s never been a classic.

Classic. I like it.