Heidi

Diminutive of Adelheid; German
"noble, nobility"

Heidi Origin and Meaning

The name Heidi is a girl's name of German origin meaning "noble, nobility".

Heidi became known — and popular — via the 1880 eponymous children's classic by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri and, despite decades of American Heidis of all sizes, shapes, and personalities, the name seems permanently tethered to that spunky little girl on the Alpine mountaintop in the book and Shirley Temple movie.

The movie was released in 1937, and two years later the name popped onto the charts, and would, a few decades later, be a Top 100 name for close to twenty years. The prominence of Heidi Klum on Project Runway has given it a new recent bump.

# 351 in the US

Heidi Rank in US Top 1000

# 328 on Nameberry

Heidi Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Heidi Popularity

Famous People Named Heidi

  • Heidi Swedberg
    American actress
  • Heidi Klum
    German supermodel and TV personality
  • Heidi Blair Montag
    American reality TV personality
  • Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp
    U.S. Senator from North Dakota
  • Heidi Mount
    American fashion model
  • Heidi India Range
    English singer of group Sugababes
  • Heidi Noelle Lenhart
    American actress
  • Heidi Lynne Fleiss
    the "Hollywood Madam"
  • Heidi Lovelace
    ring name of Dori Prange, American pro wrestler
  • Heidi Talbot
    Irish folk singer of group Cherish the Ladies
  • Heidi Suzanne Cruz
    American investment manager; wife of politician Ted Cruz
  • Heidi Hamilton
    American radio personality
  • Heidi Androl
    American reality TV personality
  • Heidi Mark
    American model and actress
  • Heidi Becker
    Austrian model
  • Heidi Blickenstaff
    American actress
  • Heidi Zeigler
    American actress
  • Heidi Groskreutz
    American dancer
  • Heidi Jo Mueller
    American actress
  • Heidi Newfield
    American singer of band Trick Pony
  • Heidi Isabella Tuesday Jackson
    daughter of YouTubers Ash and James Jackson
  • Heidi Davies
    Playboy chat room administrator , appeared in the September 1998 Issue
  • Heidi N Closet
    stage name of Trevien Anthonie Cheek, American drag queen

Heidi in Pop Culture

  • Adelheid "Heidi
    " main character in film and book "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri
  • Heidi Keppert
    character on TV's 'Home Improvement'
  • Heidi "Pepper" Steiger
    character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
  • Heidi
    vampire in the Twilight saga
  • Heidi Turner
    character in South Park