Heidi

Meaning and origin of Heidi

Popularity of Heidi in France since 1986

• Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1980.
• Over recent years, Heidi has been rising (+4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Heidi every 81 schools, all spellings combined.

Heidi in English-speaking countries

Heidi ranks 63^rd in Northern Ireland, 86^th in Ireland and 92^nd in Scotland, against 1,577^th in France.

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  63^rd girls’ name96 babies in 3 years1 girl in 234+1.5% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  92^nd girls’ name141 babies in 3 years1 girl in 386+5% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  86^th girls’ name167 babies in 3 years1 girl in 388−1% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  110^th girls’ name104 babies in 3 years1 girl in 404−3.9% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  118^th girls’ name1,264 babies in 3 years1 girl in 607−4.6% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  224^th girls’ name44 babies in 3 years1 girl in 902

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  280^th girls’ name126 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,226−0.4% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  348^th girls’ name2,668 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,811+1.5% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Heidi and Heïdi are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Heïdi30
• Heïdy5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Heidi

• Hermine
• Clothilde
• Ondine
• Loïse
• Charlène
• Charlyne
• Bluma
• Zelda
• Elza
• Alyx
• Lynda
• Ida

See also

• →French names of Germanic origin