Heidi

Meaning of Heidi

Heidi is a pocketful of mountain sunshine, a German diminutive of Adelheid that slips off the tongue as HY-dee and carries the proud meaning of “noble one.” Picture a tiny girl skipping through alpine meadows, goat bells chiming like maracas at a fiesta—Johanna Spyri’s beloved storybook heroine planted that image deep in the cultural soil, and decades later supermodel-mogul Heidi Klum sprinkled a bit of runway glitter on it. In the United States the name rode the ski lift of popularity in the 1960s and 70s, reaching its peak like a yodel echoing across the Rockies, and though it now lounges around the 300s mark, it still greets nearly 900 newborns a year with a friendly “Grüß dich!” Heidi feels both homespun and cosmopolitan: equally comfortable sipping Swiss cocoa in a chalet or sharing pan dulce with Abuela on Sunday morning. Parents who choose it often say they’re drawn to its quick, bright sound—two syllables and done, like a smile you catch before it fades—and to the quiet confidence tucked inside its meaning. In short, Heidi is a little name with a noble heart, ready to climb any mountain your daughter dreams up.

Pronunciation

German

• Pronunced as HY-dee (/ˈhaɪdi/)

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