Heidi

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Heidi is a female given name .

etymology

Heidi, (also: Haidi): female given name popular in the 20th century, pet form of Adelheid , also used as pet form of Heidrun and of double forms with heather .

name day

The name day is December 16 .

variants

Well-known namesake

Further use

  • The name is also widely known through the heroine of the Heidi novels by Johanna Spyri , which have been filmed several times.
  • Heidi or Heidr is a name of the Norse goddess Gullveig
  • Heidi (2008–2011), cross-eyed opossum at Leipzig Zoo ( Gondwanaland )

Individual evidence

  1. DUDEN, Lexicon of Given Names, Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Zurich, 2013, p. 177