Heidi

H4E1I1D2I1
/ˈhaɪdi/

proper noun

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    2 more examples

    "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.

    1983, John le Carré, The Little Drummer Girl, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 142

    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.

    2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian

Origin

  1. GermanHeidi
  2. EnglishHeidi

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).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Heidi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Heidi

MLA

“Heidi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Heidi. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Heidi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Heidi.

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