Iona

Meaning: Possibly yew place
Origin: Scottish Gaelic — From the name of an island in the Hebrides

Girl's name · #2667 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Iona holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2667 in 2025). About 12,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Iona ranks in other countries and regions.

#86 in Scotland (2025) · #397 in N. Ireland (2025) · #520 in England & Wales (2025) · #544 in Ireland (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,282 in Canada (2025) · #2,660 in Austria (2025) · #4,820 in France (2025) · #7,637 in Ecuador (2023) · #1,392 in Belgium (2021) · #278 in New Zealand (1961).

Famous Ionas

Iona Morris — American actress (born 1957)
Iona Thomas — British diplomat
Iona Fyfe — Scottish singer (born 1998)
Iona Brown — British violinist and conductor (1941–2004)
Iona Anderson — Australian swimmer (born 2005)

In stories & tradition

Iona Hikawa^ko — HappinessCharge Pretty Cure! (anime series)

What Ionas become

Among 78 notable people named Iona:

Artists & writers appear 1.74× more often than among typical names — e.g. Iona Heath, English medical doctor and writer (born c. 1950).

Similar names: Winnifred · Mona · Lorna · Oona · Isobel · Imogene

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