Heidi name - Meaning of Heidi

Heidi name - Meaning of Heidi

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Gender
Feminine
Lucky Number
8
See Lucky Number 8 Meaning
Usage
German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Germanic
Pronounced
HIE-dee (German, English) , HAY-dee (Finnish)
Heidi Meaning
German diminutive of Adelheid. This is the name of the title character in the children's novel 'Heidi' (1880) by Johanna Spyri. The name began to be used in the English-speaking world shortly after the 1937 release of the movie adaptation, which starred Shirley Temple. Heidi is a diminutive of Adelheid. Adelheid is a German form of Adelaide. Adelaide originates in Germanic languages and means "graceful and noble". It is the name of many saints and royalty throughout history. Adelaide is also the capital city of South Australia, one of the Australian states. It was named in honor of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, King William"s IV wife and the Queen of the United Kingdom.

Heidi Related Names
Variants: Aleit (Low German), Ada, Aleida, Alida, Heida (German), Heidey, Heidie, Heidy, Hydee, Hydie
Other Languages: Adalheidis, Adelais (Ancient Germanic), Alícia (Catalan), Adelheid, Aleid, Aleida, Alida, Elke (Dutch), Adélaïde, Alice, Alix, Alison (French), Elke (Frisian), Adelaida, Aliz, Ada, Alida (Hungarian), Ailís (Irish), Adelaide, Alice, Ada (Italian), Alise (Latvian), Aalis (Medieval French), Adelajda, Alicja, Ada (Polish), Adelaide, Alice, Alícia (Portuguese), Alisa (Russian), Aileas (Scottish), Alica (Slovak), Adelaida, Alicia (Spanish), Alis (Welsh)

Heidi Celebrities
Heidi Klum - model, Heidi Montag - actress, Heidi Cullen - TV personality, Heidi Dupre - actress, Heidi Lucas - actress, Heidi Mueller - actress, Heidi Wyss - writer,


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