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Heidi

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See also: heiði

English

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Heidi

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1983, John le Carré, The Little Drummer Girl, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 142:
      "Heidi?" Kurtz echoed. "Heidi? That's a damned odd name for an English elder sister, isn't it?" "Not for Heidi, it isn't," she replied buoyantly, and scored an immediate laugh from the kids beyond the lighting. Heidi because her parents went to Switzerland for their honeymoon, she explained; and Switzerland was where Heidi was conceived. "Among the edelweiss," she added, with a sigh.
    • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian[1]:
      But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Heidi, from Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice.

Proper noun

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Heidi

  1. a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

Danish

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Etymology

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From German Heidi.

Proper noun

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Heidi

  1. a female given name

References

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  • [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 17 830 females with the given name Heidi have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Estonian

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Etymology

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From German Heidi, also seen as a variant of Hedi, from Hedvig.

Proper noun

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Heidi

  1. a female given name

Faroese

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Etymology

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Ultimately, from Alemannic German Heidi.

Proper noun

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Heidi f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

  • son of Heidi: Heidiarson
  • daughter of Heidi: Heidiardóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Heidi
accusative Heidi
dative Heidi
genitive Heidiar

Finnish

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Etymology

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From German Heidi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhei̯di/, [ˈhe̞i̯di]
  • Rhymes: -eidi
  • Hyphenation(key): Hei‧di

Proper noun

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Heidi

  1. a female given name
    • 2010, Ritva Kokkola, Palasin kynnykseltä. Novelleja, Myllylahti Oy, →ISBN, pages 86–87:
      Maija-täti sanoi, että heillä päin koirille ei annettu vierasmaalaisia nimiä. Eikä tietysti lapsillekaan. Sitten kun olin käynyt rippikoulun, minua pyydettiin kummiksi. Ehdotin vauvan nimeksi Annea tai Heidiä tai Marikaa. Koulun takia en päässyt ristiäisiin. Pari viikkoa myöhemmin sain valokuvan, johon oli kirjoitettu Kummitädille Eilalta.
      Aunt Maija had said that they didn't give their dogs foreign names, neither their children. After I completed confirmation school, I was asked to be a godmother. I suggested Anna or Heidi or Marika as the name. I couldn't attend the christening due to confirmation school. A few weeks later I got a photo that read From Eila to grandmother.

Usage notes

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  • The most common name of women born in Finland in 1979-83.

Declension

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Inflection of Heidi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Heidi Heidit
genitive Heidin Heidien
partitive Heidiä Heidejä
illative Heidiin Heideihin
singular plural
nominative Heidi Heidit
accusative nom. Heidi Heidit
gen. Heidin
genitive Heidin Heidien
partitive Heidiä Heidejä
inessive Heidissä Heideissä
elative Heidistä Heideistä
illative Heidiin Heideihin
adessive Heidillä Heideillä
ablative Heidiltä Heideiltä
allative Heidille Heideille
essive Heidinä Heideinä
translative Heidiksi Heideiksi
abessive Heidittä Heideittä
instructive Heidein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Heidi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Heidini Heidini
accusative nom. Heidini Heidini
gen. Heidini
genitive Heidini Heidieni
partitive Heidiäni Heidejäni
inessive Heidissäni Heideissäni
elative Heidistäni Heideistäni
illative Heidiini Heideihini
adessive Heidilläni Heideilläni
ablative Heidiltäni Heideiltäni
allative Heidilleni Heideilleni
essive Heidinäni Heideinäni
translative Heidikseni Heideikseni
abessive Heidittäni Heideittäni
instructive
comitative Heideineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Heidisi Heidisi
accusative nom. Heidisi Heidisi
gen. Heidisi
genitive Heidisi Heidiesi
partitive Heidiäsi Heidejäsi
inessive Heidissäsi Heideissäsi
elative Heidistäsi Heideistäsi
illative Heidiisi Heideihisi
adessive Heidilläsi Heideilläsi
ablative Heidiltäsi Heideiltäsi
allative Heidillesi Heideillesi
essive Heidinäsi Heideinäsi
translative Heidiksesi Heideiksesi
abessive Heidittäsi Heideittäsi
instructive
comitative Heideinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Heidimme Heidimme
accusative nom. Heidimme Heidimme
gen. Heidimme
genitive Heidimme Heidiemme
partitive Heidiämme Heidejämme
inessive Heidissämme Heideissämme
elative Heidistämme Heideistämme
illative Heidiimme Heideihimme
adessive Heidillämme Heideillämme
ablative Heidiltämme Heideiltämme
allative Heidillemme Heideillemme
essive Heidinämme Heideinämme
translative Heidiksemme Heideiksemme
abessive Heidittämme Heideittämme
instructive
comitative Heideinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Heidinne Heidinne
accusative nom. Heidinne Heidinne
gen. Heidinne
genitive Heidinne Heidienne
partitive Heidiänne Heidejänne
inessive Heidissänne Heideissänne
elative Heidistänne Heideistänne
illative Heidiinne Heideihinne
adessive Heidillänne Heideillänne
ablative Heidiltänne Heideiltänne
allative Heidillenne Heideillenne
essive Heidinänne Heideinänne
translative Heidiksenne Heideiksenne
abessive Heidittänne Heideittänne
instructive
comitative Heideinenne

Statistics

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  • Heidi is the 18th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 21,243 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,497 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Etymology

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Originally a Swiss German diminutive of Adelheid +‎ -i

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Heidi

  1. a female given name
    • 1880 Johanna Spyri, Heidi's Lehr- und Wanderjahre. Eine Geschichte für Kinder und auch für Solche, welche die Kinder lieb haben (Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha), Chapter 6 (Capitel VI. Ein neues Capitel und lauter neue Dinge), p. 95, translated as Heidi:
      „Willst du lieber Heidi heißen, oder Adelheid?“ fragte Klara.
      „Ich heiße nur Heidi und sonst Nichts“, war Heidi's Antwort.
      „So will ich dich immer so nennen“, sagte Klara; „der Name gefällt mir für dich, ich habe ihn aber nie gehört, ich habe aber auch nie ein Kind gesehen, das so aussieht wie du.
      "Would you rather be called Heidi or Adelaide?" asked Clara.
      "I am never called anything but Heidi," was the child's prompt answer.
      "Then I shall always call you by that name," said Clara, "it suits you. I have never heard it before, but neither have I ever seen a child like you before.
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Norwegian

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Etymology

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From German Heidi at the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

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Heidi

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 15 794 females with the given name Heidi living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From German Heidi.

Pronunciation

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Heidi c (genitive Heidis)

  1. a female given name