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 [ 2 syll. hei-di, he-idi ] The girl name Heidi is pronounced HHAYDiy KEY. Heidi is of Germanic origin. It is used mainly in Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish. The name Heidi means 'of a noble kind'. Derived from adal which means 'noble, honorable' ; heit which means 'kind, sort, type'. The name was first popularized by Johanna Spyri's children's book Heidi (1880) in which Adelheid alias Heidi was the titular character. The 1937 film version starring Shirley Temple as Heidi further established the name in the USA. Variants of Heidi include Haydee (German), Heida (German and English), and Heiki (Hawaiian). Heidi is a pet form of Adelheid (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) in the Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages. Heidi is also a pet form of Hildegard (German) in the Dutch, English, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages. The spelling variants Haidee (English), Heide (German and English), Heidie (English), Heidy (Dutch, English, and German), and Hiedi (English) are other forms of the name. Heidi is popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity grew from the 1940s up to the 1970s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1974, 0.299% of baby girls were named Heidi. It had a ranking of #60 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #289 with a usage of only 0.056%, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Heidi was 4 times more frequently used than the subsequent ranked name, Heidy (Dutch, English, and German), in 2008. Baby names that sound like Heidi include Heidie (English), Heidy (Dutch, English, and German), Hadi (Arabic), Hadya (Arabic), Haidee (English), Hattie (English), Hatty (English), Hayat (Arabic), Haydee (German), Heda (English and Scandinavian), Hedda (English, German, and Scandinavian), Heddi (English), Heddie (English), Heddy (English), Hedi (English and German), Hedy (Dutch, English, German, and Spanish), Hedya (Hebrew), Heida (German and English), Heta, and Hetta (English). A famous person named Heidi is Model Heidi Klum, born 1 June 1973, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. KEY: Pronunciation for Heidi: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
