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Baby Name Iona |
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| Meaning of Iona - What does the name Iona means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| i-o-nah |  |
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Girl Name |
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Scottish |
| Name Meaning: |
Taken from the name of a small island in the Hebrides, a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland. Iona was the island upon which St. Columba founded a monastery which he used as a base while working to convert the Scottish people to Christianity. The derivation of the name is uncertain. Some believe it to be a misspelling of Ioua, an older name for the island. The Gaelic name for the island is I, from the Old Norse ey (island). Thus, it stands to reason that the name is derived from this root |
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