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Heidi?

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redpickle · 29/09/2010 11:25

Struggling with girls names. We both think we like this one - its not too common but not too wierd. BUT will everyone (over 30) go "Heidi-hi" - ha hah ha or start yode youdel yodell...oh however you spell it - yodelling?

or is it just cute?

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dexifehatz · 11/10/2010 19:38

Plaits and Kerry Katona.Need we say more?

ShoshanaBlue · 09/10/2010 22:57

Does anyone remember the adaptation for TV?

mathanxiety · 09/10/2010 22:23

I love Heike, and Silke, but Heidi sounds incredibly old-fashioned to me, and makes me think of goats.

tammytoby · 09/10/2010 20:53

Heike is pronounced High-ke, whereas Heidi is pronounced Haigh-dee, so not really the same in German.

I don't like either pronounced in English.

A1980 · 09/10/2010 19:04

How about Heike. Sounds similar and is a German girls name.

TitsalinaBumSquash · 09/10/2010 18:58

I love it, its right up there on my 'if we ever have a girl' list.

TooImmature2BMum · 09/10/2010 18:58

Think it sounds like a lonely goatherd. Also, have you actually read Heidi? She's as sickening as Pollyanna.

Rhubarbgarden · 09/10/2010 18:55

I rather like it, though I feel like I shouldn't.

flopsy1974 · 08/10/2010 15:44

I think it's lovley.

LetThereBeRock · 08/10/2010 15:42

Love it.

tammytoby · 08/10/2010 13:28

Would you pronounce it the German way - High-dee?

Not that keen personally.

Jojay · 08/10/2010 13:27

Lovely name, and it works for adults too. I know 3 at our school so it's getting more popular I think

rachel234 · 08/10/2010 13:25

Really do not like it. Very uncool in Germany (not sure if that matters to you..).

Dineo · 08/10/2010 13:25

I think it's gorgeous. Go for it!

pinkthechaffinch · 30/09/2010 11:08

Isn't Heidi short for Adelheid?

GladioliBuckets · 29/09/2010 16:49

Love it. Think Heidi Klum for inspiration, v clever lady apparently (for a supermodel anywayGrin).

LastOrdersAgain · 29/09/2010 15:15

Love it.

On my list if I ever had another (unlikely)

MamaLazarou · 29/09/2010 15:12

I know a baby Heidi. She just gets called Heidi, not 'hi-de-hi' or anything silly like that. I think it's a lovely name.

ChooksAway · 29/09/2010 15:10

I know a Heidi - she used to get the Hi-di-hi comments years ago, but people now don't know it, so she hasn't had it for years.
It works fine as an adult name, as it's not cutesy at all.

Rockbird · 29/09/2010 13:30

I had a friend all the way through school called Heidi, who is now an adult friend IYSWIM. We are in our late 30s and no one ever said hi-de-hi to her. It's a lovely name and actually more mainstream than it would have been in the 70s when we were at school when it was still a very Germanic name. Not that that's a problem...oh you know what I mean!

5DollarShake · 29/09/2010 13:27

I like the name and think it works fine for an adult.

She would only get hi-de-hi from adults; not from people her own age. Just the way some adults seemed to think they were being awfully original and funny trotting out the "is a bell necessary on a bike?" line to me when I was young. No-one says it to me any more.

Tillyscoutsmum · 29/09/2010 11:49

I know 2 adult Heidi's and I think it works fine ??

orienteerer · 29/09/2010 11:43

Only use it if you plan to dress her like this.

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redpickle · 29/09/2010 11:39

Doesn't Heidi work as a name for a grown-up then?

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