Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
German diminutive of Adelheid. This is the name of the title character in the children's novel Heidi (1880) by the Swiss author 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.
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Other Languages & CulturesAlize (Basque) Alisa (Bosnian) Alícia (Catalan) Alice (Czech) Alice, Ada, Adelheid, Aleid, Aleida, Aletta, Alida, Elke (Dutch) Adélaïde, Alice, Alicia, Alix, Alison, Alisson (French) Elke (Frisian) Alisa (Georgian) Adalhaid, Adalheidis, Adelais, Ada (Germanic) Aliki, Kiki (Greek) Aliz, Alida, Alíz (Hungarian) Ailís, Ailish (Irish) Adelaide, Alice, Ada (Italian) Alise (Latvian) Elke (Low German) Aalis (Medieval French) Azalaïs (Occitan) Adelajda, Alicja, Ada, Ala (Polish) Adelaide, Alice, Alícia (Portuguese) Alisa (Russian) Aileas, Ailis (Scottish Gaelic) Alica (Slovak) Adelaida, Alicia, Ada (Spanish) Aleida, Aleyda (Spanish (Latin American)) Alisa (Ukrainian) Alis (Welsh)
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Entry updated November 16, 2019