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
United States
- Iona, Florida
- Iona, Idaho
- Iona, Indiana
- Iona, Minnesota
- Iona, New Jersey
- Iona, South Dakota
- Iona Island (New York)
People
- Iona (name)
- Iona Brown, violinist
- Iona Campagnolo, Canadian politician
- 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 College (New York), a Catholic college located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
- 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 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