Western Names · Girl
Heidi name meaning
“nobility”
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- H
- Origin
- European
- Category
- Western Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
3
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Heidi
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Heidi is a girl's name from German, a pet form of Adelheid, meaning nobility.
What does Heidi mean?
About the name Heidi
Heidi is a German pet form of Adelheid, the German form of Adelaide. Adelaide means nobility, from the Germanic elements adal 'noble' and heit 'kind, sort'. The name came into use in the English-speaking world after the 1937 film of Heidi, based on Johanna Spyri's 1880 children's novel. In Malaysia it is used as a girl's name.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | European |
| Syllables | Hei-di |
Sources
- Behind the Name: Heidi · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Adelheid · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Adelaide · behindthename.com · meaning
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