Origin of the name "Fiona"

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Not a question, but I thought some Wikitreeers might be interested in these episodes of The Allusionist Podcast discussing the origins of the name Fiona and the first person to bear that name.  The Allusionist 165. Fiona part 1,   The Allusionist 166: Fiona part 2  It's not as old as you might think!

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Very interesting!  

This might not be news to many of you, but apparently Sir Philip Sydney made up the name “Pamela” when he wrote The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, and it was popularized by Samuel Richardson in his 1740 novel of the same name.

by Lisa Mittelstaedt G2G6 (7.0k points)

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