# Iona (disambiguation)

Iona is an island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, with particular significance in the history of Christianity in Scotland.

## Derived from the Scottish island of Iona
### Place names
#### Australia

* Iona, Darlinghurst, a heritage-listed house and former hospital in Sydney, New South Wales
* Iona, Victoria in eastern Victoria
* Iona Gas Plant in Western Victoria near Port Campbell

#### Canada

* Iona, Nova Scotia (on Cape Breton Island)
* Iona Island (British Columbia)
* Iona, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Iona Station and Iona in Ontario

#### United States

* Iona, Florida
* Iona, Idaho
* Iona, Minnesota
* Iona, New Jersey
* Iona, South Dakota
* Iona Island (New York)

### People

* Iona (name)
* Iona Brown, violinist
* Iona Campagnolo, Canadian politician
* Iona Craig (born 1976), British-Irish journalist
* Iona Fyfe (born 1998), Scottish singer
* Iona Opie, researcher of children's lore
* Iona Wynter, Jamaican athlete

### Ships

* Iona I 1855 J&G Thomson paddle steamer, sunk off Fort Matilda, 1862
* PS Iona 1864 MacBrayne paddle steamer
* MV Iona 1970 MacBrayne ferry
* MS Iona 2020 P&O Cruises cruise ship

### Schools

* Iona University, a Catholic university located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
** Iona Gaels, the university's athletic program
* Iona Preparatory School, a Catholic high school located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
* Iona Catholic Secondary School, a member of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
* Iona College (Windsor, Ontario), a affiliated college of the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada founded by the United Church of Canada
* Iona Presentation College, Perth, a Catholic high school located in Perth, Western Australia
* Iona College (Queensland), a Catholic school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
* Iona College, Havelock North, a Presbyterian girls' school in Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

### Other uses

* The Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian community based on the island and in Glasgow
* Iona National Airways, the first commercial airline in Ireland
* Iona (band), a progressive rock band from the UK
** Iona (album), their first album
* "Iona", a single from Joy (album), by Scottish band the Skids and Mike Oldfield
* Iona Church, Port Chalmers, a Presbyterian church in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand
* Iona (film), a 2015 film starring Ruth Negga

## Of separate origin

* Iona, a Russianized form of the name Jonah
** Iona Yakir
** Iona Nikitchenko
* Iona or Ionah, Hawaiianized form of the name Jonah used by Jonah Piikoi
* Iona (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
* Iona National Park in the Namibe province of Angola
* Iona, Angola, a Comuna (parish) in the Tômbwa municipality

## Acronyms

* IONA, an acronym for Islands of the North Atlantic, an alternative term for the British Isles
* IONA Technologies PLC, a software company with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland

## Fictional characters

* Iona, Shield of Emeria, a legendary angel from Zendikar, a Magic: The Gathering expansion set
* Iona, a Fog Mental Model from Arpeggio of Blue Steel
* Hikawa Iona (Cure Fortune), character of HappinessCharge PreCure!
* Iona MacLean, TV character from Monarch of the Glen
* Iona Payne, TV character from Forever