Shona is a female name of Gaelic origin. (Scottish and Irish) Given name Shona (singer), French singer Shona Auerbach, British film director Shona Banda (born 1978/9), American medical cannabis rights activist Shona Barbour (born 1979), Canadian curler Shona Bell (1924–2011), New Zealand palaeontologist Shona Brown (born c. 1966), American businesswoman Shona Brownlee (born 1979), British skier and RAF aircraftwoman Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor and painter of Ngati Wai ki Aotea tribal descent Shona Fraser (born 1975), British music journalist Shona Holmes, Canadian woman who controversially underwent treatment for a Rathke's cleft cyst in the U.S. and claimed that it threatened her life Shona Kinloch (born 1962), Scottish artist Shona Laing (born 1955), New Zealand musician Shona Le Mottee, Canadian Celtic/pop fiddler and vocalist Shona Macdonald (born 1969), Scottish artist and academic Shona Dunlop MacTavish (1920–2019), New Zealand dancer and dance teacher Shona Marshall (born 1964), Scottish sport shooter Shona McCallin (born 1992), English international field hockey player Shona McGarty (born 1991), British actress Shona McIntyre (born 1980), Scottish former international cricketer Shona McIsaac (born 1960), British politician Shona Mooney (born c. 1984), Scottish fiddle player and composer Shona Morgan (born 1990), Australian former gymnast Shona Moss (born 1969), Canadian sailor Shona Powell-Hughes (born 1991), Welsh Rugby Union player Shona Robison (born 1966), Scottish politician Shona Rubens (born 1986), Canadian alpine skier Shona Schleppe (born 1963), Canadian former field hockey player Shona Seawright (born 1977), Irish cricketer Shona Thorburn (born 1982), British-born basketball player in the WNBA Shona Tucker, American actress Fictional characters Shona Ramsey, a character in the TV soap-opera Coronation Street Scottish feminine given names