Given name & surname · also German

Heit

“manner, character”

Heit is a surname from German, ultimately from Old High German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Heit goes back to Old High German heit, meaning “manner, character.”

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Where it comes from

Heit comes from German, and ultimately from Old High German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old High German heit (“manner, character”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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German

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German

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Old High German

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German

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Alemannic German

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“heath”

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Heitmeyer

“health”

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German

Heichel

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German

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Sibling ideas

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