Heidi

Where Heidi comes from

From Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice. The name became internationally popular due to the children's book Heidi (1880).
— Wiktionary's entry for Heidi
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1929
    First appearance
    #3,394 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Heidi Klum born
    German-American model, television personality and businesswoman
  3. 1974
    Peak, #60
    4,683 babies named Heidi — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #125.
  5. 1991
    Heidi Weng born
    Norwegian cross-country skier and fell runner
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Heidi Klum · German-American model, television personality and businesswoman, born 1973
  • Heidi Weng · Norwegian cross-country skier and fell runner, born 1991
  • Heidi Brühl · German singer and actress, 1942–1991
  • Heidi Løke · Norwegian female handball player, born 1982
  • Heidi Reichinnek · German politician, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.