Heidi , Harlow or Harper

[kaylanelson]

Heidi Rose 💖
Harper Rose 💖
Harlow Rose 💖

Which one too choose?🙈

Heidi

Must you use Rose as a middle name? Every child seems to have a middle name of Rose or May.
Heidi is the best name on your list.

Agree, Heidi is the best on the list. Don't like it much either though.

With the other poster who prefers Harriet, and Hattie is a lovely abbreviation.

Harper Lee's real name was Nelle. Could someone please write to VB and let her know?

Heidi

Not real names. Heidi is the closest, but I don't like using the diminutive form as the official given name.

Heidi is a real name

Heidi is a diminutive/nickname, like Meg for Margaret or Liz for Elizabeth. But agree it's the best.

Some diminutives become established as real names, Natasha for Natalya for example. Heidi is long established as name in itself, and there aren’t many people these days called Adelheid.

What is Heidi a diminutive of?

Harper.

Heidi reminds me of KK.

Adelheid.

Heidi. Harlow is a town in Essex and Harper is a surname.

Heidi is a name in its own right.

The name Heidi is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Heidi is: Nobility. French form of the Old German Adalheidis, a compound of 'athal' (noble) and 'haida' (hood). Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, was named after Queen Adelaide, 19th century King William IV's consort.

It's not a nickname but even if it was, only mnetters care.

I know an adult Heidi (40s). It immediately lost all connotations of mountains goats plaits etc and quickly became simply her name and a great one too ! Harper seems affected less so in the USA where it is more recognised as a name nd not solely celeb or author links. Harlow doesn’t even seem a forename and I just think of town. I would assume conception in Harlow type reason. !

**BridgetReilly thank you so much for a delicious joke above - never heard it before - still laughing.

Definitely Heidi

Heidi is a nickname made popular by Johanna Spyri's novel. It is short for Adelheid.
The French form of Adelheid is Adelaide (Ah- deh- la- eed or Ah -day-la-eed) - sorry I can't do accents on this keyboard.

Most baby name websites are rubbish, but this one is more reliable than most:
www.behindthename.com/name/heidi

And this website is really accurate, as is the book it's based on:
www.oxfordreference.com/abstract/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-4551?rskey=XyGnQF&result=3181

As previous poster said, Harper Lee only used that name as a pen name. She called herself 'Nelle'.

Take a google streetview tour of Harlow before you use it for a name.

In German, the final e in Adelaide is pronounced, at least if the Beethoven song is anything to go by. I think Adelaide is prettier than Adelheid, and Heidi works fine as a nickname.

I think Harlow is popular with US celebs because they don't know that area of Essex or they are thinking of Jean Harlow. If you are in the UK it's best to avoid imo.

I'm increasingly hearing Harper and first thing I'd assume was Beckham-fan. Would that put you off?

Heidi makes me think of Heidi Klum (not a bad association ) and Heidi the novel. Not a fan of stuff like Little House on the Prairie etc

Harlow is grim, sorry 😐

Heidi

Heidi. Best of three. Ask if you want more suggestions.

Not Harlow. Harlow is beyond awful.

Everyone will assume she was conceived there (isn’t that the reason people give children place names?)

People will make crap jokes.