Haidée

proper noun

A female given name originating as a coinage.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

    He had an only daughter, call'd Haidée, / The greatest heiress of the Eastern Isles; / Besides, so very beautiful was she, / Her dowry was as nothing to her smiles:

    1824 Lord Byron, Don Juan/Canto the Second:CXXVIII

Origin

Lord Byron's transliteration of the Greek name Χάϊδι ("caress") for his 1819 "Translation of the Romaic Song." The name would become popularized in English when he used the name again in 1824 in Don Juan.

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Translations

French Haydée
  • Haydéefemale given name
Spanish Haydée
  • Haydéefemale given name
Cite this entry
APA

Haidée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haid%C3%A9e

MLA

“Haidée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haid%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Haidée,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haid%C3%A9e.

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