Heidi
[ˈhaɪdi]Meaning
german diminutive of adelheid
Background Story
Heidi is a German diminutive of Adelheid. It is the name of the title character in the children's novel Heidi (1880) by the Swiss author Johanna Spyri, and it began to be used in the English-speaking world shortly after the 1937 film adaptation starring Shirley Temple. The name is used in Basque, Bosnian, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, French, Frisian, Georgian, Germanic, Greek, Hungarian and Irish.
Related Names
Haidy
A variant of the name Heidi, which means 'noble one' or 'of noble descent'
Hanka
A Finnish name from farm place names, and a Polish clipping of Hanna
Heida
German diminutive of adelheid
Heydi
Recorded as a given name in Latin American Spanish
Ada
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal, "noble"; also Turkish "island" and a Hebrew form of Adah
Ailin
Kazakh form of aylin
Ailis
Scottish gaelic form of alice
Allie
A diminutive form of Alice meaning 'noble' or 'exalted'
Ameli
Armenian form of Amélie.
Bambi
From Italian bambina, "young girl"