# Heidi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhaɪdi/ · frequency rank #16,247

## Definitions
1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

## Etymology
From Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice. The name became internationally popular due to the children's book Heidi (1880).

## Easily confused with
- **hid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-hid)
- **held** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-held)
- **hide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-hide)
- **heir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-heir)
- **herd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-herd)
- **heil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-heil)
- **Hein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-hein)
- **heli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-heli)
- **Hindi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-hindi)
- **heist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-heist)
- **Heinz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-heinz)
- **Heine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heidi-vs-heine)
- **hed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hed-vs-heidi)
- **head** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/head-vs-heidi)
- **he'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/he-d-vs-heidi)
- **heed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heed-vs-heidi)
- **heads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heads-vs-heidi)
- **Haiti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-heidi)
- **heady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-heidi)
- **Hebei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hebei-vs-heidi)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ehidi`, `hedii`, `heiddi`, `heiid`, `hheidi`, `hiedi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heidi