Given name & surname
Heida
“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”
Heida is a variant of Heidi. In German use, Heidi carries the interpretation “of the nobility; serene; of good humor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Heida is a variant of Heidi. In German use, Heidi carries the interpretation “of the nobility; serene; of good humor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 123 as a first name in 2020; 212 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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