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Heidi can be a nickname for the German names Adelheid, Heidemarie, or Heidrun.

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Heidi's are very strong, positive and intelligent. With a gentle and laid-back personality,they would never think of using intimidation to accumulate their resources.
Heidi's are athletic. They are smart, German most of the time, and very honest.

Nicknames for Heidi: | Edit

Heid, Hides, Hidis, Heidi-Ho, Hi-D

Meanings and history of the name Heidi: | Edit

A nickname for Adelheid (the German form of Adelaide), this was never used as an independent name until the publication of Johanna Spyri's novel "Heidi" in 1880. The heroine of this book was originally named Adelheid, after her mother. She was called Heidi by her aunt, and the nickname stuck.

Heidi, like its parent form, means "nobility". It is a "virtue name" like Hope, Grace, Honor, and Patience.

Famous real-life people named Heidi: | Edit

Heidi Collins, CNN anchor
Heidi Klum, German supermodel.
Heidi Swanson, American food writer
Heidi Biebl (b. 1941), German Olympic downhill skier who was the youngest gold medalist in the 1960 Winter Games.
Heidi Newfield, American country singer.
Heidi Murkoff, co-author of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and its sequels.
Heidi VanDerveer, American basketball coach
Heidi Neumark, minister and author
Heidi Ravven, professor of neuroscience and expert on philosophy and ethics
Heidi Montag, reality TV star
Heidi Durrow, author of the "The Girl Who Fell From The Sky."
Heidi Fleiss, former Hollywood madam.

Heidi in song, story & screen: | Edit

"Heidi", classic novel by Johanna Spyri (1880), which has been filmed in many versions and many different languages.
Heidi Holland, protagonist of "The Heidi Chronicles" by Wendy Wasserstein. The work was performed as a Broadway play from 1988-1990, and became a television film starring Jamie Lee Curtis in 1995.
Heidi Joan Schoonover, protagonist of the film "The Competition" (1980), played by Amy Irving.
Heidi, ethereally beautiful "fisher" vampire of the Volturi guard in the "Twilight" series of books by Stephenie Meyer
Heidi is one of the charactors in Sarah Dessen's book Along for the Ride.