Heidi

[Bigteadrinker]

What do you think? I love it but DH says he is not wild about it but will go with it if it's really what I've set my mind on... I'm worried this means he hates it! Arghhh. So AIBU or should I just take him at face value? I've said he can pick 2nd name ;-) we have 2 children already, one has Irish name (dh is Irish) and one non Irish. I am not keen for another irish name as think our middle child will feel left out and we are in UK.

We have 3 weeks till c section...

Also, how would you pronounce the -ei in English? Only asking as in German it is -aay, but my (english) dh always mixes up the -ei and -ie when trying to read a German word.

Zumm, it can be short for several names, including Adelheid (Adelaide but pronounced adel ide rather than adel ayd) and Heidelise.
It's a pretty name.

Heidelise is just a combination of Heide and Lise and not very well known imo.

Ei = eye, I guess? Anyway, it is Hi-dee. Why how would a German pronounce it?! Hay-dee? My friend in Germany may have a laugh then! I don't like Cara, I never know whether it should be car-rah or ca-ra IYSWIM. The theme tune does enter my head at times, but I don't mind, I have good memories of the tv programme from my childhood.

So I guess it's just short for Adelheid then, since Heide is short for Adelheid...

Pronunciation-wise, if you look up pronunciations of Adelheid, that seems to be pronounced with the ei as an 'eye' sound, so Heidi pronounced like that would make sense...