Iona


Gender:
Origin: Norse
23 famous people named Iona found on Wikipedia.
11795 female, 5 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 2576-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 318-th in year 1918
Used in: Biblical, English, Georgian, Russian, Scottish

Meanings

Iona is a unisex name that is taken from the Scottish island of Iona, which has a particular significance in the history of Christianity. The derivation of this island name itself is uncertain. The earliest forms of the name enabled place-name scholar William J. Watson to state that the name originally meant something like "yew-place". However, other suggestions such as an Norse origin from Hiōe meaning "island of the den of the brown bear" have also been made. Other possibly meanings are "Violet" from the English name Ione, or simply Island, from Norse ey.
Iona is also the Russian form of the male name Jonah.

Island, dove.

Famous People: 23 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Iona Morris 1957 American actress
2 Iona Nikitchenko 1895 Soviet jurist
3 Iona Yakir 1893 Soviet military commander
4 Odran of Iona 6th-century Christian saint
5 Iona Brown 1941 British violinist and conductor
6 Iona Campagnolo 1932 Canadian politician
7 Iona Opie 1923 English scholar of folklore and children's culture
8 Iona Craig 1976
9 Bethóc, Prioress of Iona Scottish prioress
10 Andy Iona 1902 American musician
11 Iona Pinto
12 Iona Banks 1920 Welsh actress
13 Iona Heath
14 Rodney Iona 1991 Australian rugby union player
15 Iona Wynter 1968 Jamaican triathlete
16 Iona Jones British television executive
17 Diarmait of Iona 9th-century Christian clergyman
18 Iona Tuskiya 1901 Georgian composer
19 Iona Rozeal Brown American artist
20 Iona McLeish British actress
21 Iona de Kiev 1802
22 Iona Frickleton 1982 British rugby union player
23 Guirino Iona 1940