Heidi - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Heidi \

is pronounced HYE-dee. Short form of Adelaide or Adelheid (Old German) "exalted nature". Literary: the name of a girl of the Swiss Alps in Johanna Spyri's beloved children's novel "Heidi".

Heidi has 6 variant forms: Haidee, Heida, Heide, Heidey, Heidy and Hydee.

Baby names that sound like Heidi are Hedi and Heddi.

Heidi is a very common first name for women (#241 out of 4276) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#72082 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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