Given name & surname
Heine
“the ruler of the house”
Heine is a variant of Heinrich. In German use, Heinrich carries the interpretation “the ruler of the house.”
Original GermanHeinen
Meaning & origin
What it means
Heine is a variant of Heinrich. In German use, Heinrich carries the interpretation “the ruler of the house.”
Explained through its name family
Heine’s family of names
In German usage, Heine shares a linguistic root with the English form Henry. Heine has a related form in Heinrich. In German usage, Heine as a surname has a related form in HEINEN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Heine has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Heine comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Heine
- Heine FernandezDanish footballerborn 1966
- Heine JensenDanish handball playerborn 1977
- Heine TotlandNorwegian musicianborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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