Heidi
See also: heiði
English
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Heidi
- 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.
- 1983 John le Carré, The Little Drummer Girl, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 142:
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Heidi, from Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice.
Proper noun
Heidi
- a female given name from the Germanic languages
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Heidi
- a female given name
References
- [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
Etymology
From German Heidi, also seen as a variant of Hedi, from Hedvig.
Proper noun
Heidi
- a female given name
Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately, from Alemannic German Heidi.
Proper noun
Heidi f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Heidi: Heidiarson
- daughter of Heidi: Heidiardóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Heidi |
Accusative | Heidi |
Dative | Heidi |
Genitive | Heidiar |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Heidi
- 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.
- 2010 Ritva Kokkola, Palasin kynnykseltä. Novelleja, Myllylahti Oy, →ISBN, pages 86-87:
Usage notes
- The most common name of women born in Finland in 1979-83.
Declension
Inflection of Heidi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
German
Etymology
Originally a Swiss German diminutive of Adelheid + -i
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Heidi
- 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.
- "Would you rather be called Heidi or Adelaide?" asked Clara.
- 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:
Related terms
Norwegian
Etymology
From German Heidi at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
Heidi
- a female given name
References
- 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
Etymology
Proper noun
Heidi c (genitive Heidis)
- a female given name
Categories:
- English terms derived from German
- en:Switzerland
- en:Fictional characters
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪdi
- Rhymes:English/aɪdi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Germanic languages
- English terms with quotations
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from German
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano female given names from Germanic languages
- Cebuano female given names from English
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian terms derived from German
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Faroese terms derived from Alemannic German
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eidi
- Rhymes:Finnish/eidi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- German terms suffixed with -i
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- German terms with quotations
- Norwegian terms derived from German
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names