Fiona vs Sarah - What's the difference?
fiona | sarah |
, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England.
* 1765 James Macpherson: The Works of Ossian, the son of Fingal :
----
Wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac.
* 1611 — 17:15
* 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye : page 15:
As a noun fiona
is .As a proper noun sarah is
wife of patriarch abraham, mother of isaac.fiona
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Let the sighs of Fiona rise on the dark heaths of her lovely Ardan.
References
sarah
English
(wikipedia Sarah)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
- I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.