Heidi
//ˈhaɪdi// name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from the Germanic languages.
""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."
Example
More examples"Heidi lives in the Swiss Alps with her grandfather."
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).
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