Given name & surname · also German
Heide
“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”
Heide is a variant of Heidi. In German use, Heidi carries the interpretation “of the nobility; serene; of good humor.”
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Meaning & origin
What it means
Heide is a variant of Heidi. In German use, Heidi carries the interpretation “of the nobility; serene; of good humor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Heide comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In German usage, Heide is a diminutive of Adelheid.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heide through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,103
- 0 boys · 2,103 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 84 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 84 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,559 as a first name in 2020; 1,725 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.
Heide’s family of names
In German usage, Heide is a diminutive of Adelheid. In German usage, Heide as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Heath. In German usage, Heide has a conventional equivalent in the English form Heather.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Heide has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Heathcognate · English
- Eiderequivalent
- HeatherEnglish
- Haideequivalent
- Adelheideequivalent
- Heidaequivalent
- Haydeequivalent
- Heidrunequivalent
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People named Heide
- Heide RosendahlGerman pentathlete (born 1947)
- Heide SimonisGerman politician (1943–2023)
- Heide SchmidtAustrian politicianborn 1948
- Heide RühleGerman politicianborn 1948
- Heide WollertGerman judokaborn 1982
- Heide Göttner-AbendrothGerman activistborn 1941
- Heide Kelleractor and screenwriter (1941–2021)1939–2021
- Heide SeyerlingSouth African sprinterborn 1976
- Heide OrthTennis player from Germany.born 1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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