David P ASep 20, 2022
Just found out Fiona is the name of a cyclone. Amused because it's also the name of one of my main characters in a story I've been writing for a while.
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@modulux I read a thread on Twitter a few months ago explaining how Fiona is actually a really recent made-up name. It was created by a poet as his female alter ego. I'll try to look it up.
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@modulux Here is the link:

https://twitter.com/HJosephineGiles/status/1555216419721297922

Josie Giles on Twitter

“It's time to tell you a story about the origin of the name "Fiona". A good old Scottish name, you might think. And it is, in a way, a name very representative of Scottish culture and literature. But not in the way you might think...”

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@modulux (A few months ago = a little over a month ago... I don't know how time passes anymore.)
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@modulux TLDR: the name "Fiona" was invented by James Macpherson (18thC), and first used properly in the 19th when William Sharp pretended to be a female author, poet and folklorist "Fiona Macleod".