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HEIDI

German diminutive of ADELHEID. This is the name of the title character in the children's novel 'Heidi' (1880) by Johanna Spyri. The name began to be used in the English-speaking world shortly after the 1937 release of the movie adaptation, which starred Shirley Temple.


Usage: Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
Full Forms: ADELHEID
Variants: ADA, ALEIDA, ALEIT, ALIDA, HEIDA
Famous People: Heidi Klumwiki (Model, 1973, Germany)
Popularity: *Popularity is given by the percentage of usage over the years.