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Heidi?

35 replies

lifeas3plus1 · 19/04/2010 20:10

What do you think of this?

I can't decide, one day I love it, the next i'm not too sure.

Your opinions?

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janajos · 19/04/2010 21:06

I have to say it brings to mind flaxen haired german girls with plaits... My grandparents had two dobermen called Heidi 1 and Heidi 2 (don't ask!) They were gorgeous dogs but I am not sure about the name for a person.

RunJHC · 19/04/2010 21:07

Love it. My first boss at work was/is called Heidi and she's lovely and now a good friend so a good precedent! Also it's different but not too weird and people can spell it reasonably well...

MrsvWoolf · 19/04/2010 21:07

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MmeLindt · 19/04/2010 21:08

Not for me, but that is because DH is German and it is an old fashioned name in Germany.

BrigitteBardot · 19/04/2010 21:19

I think it's pretty.

ja9 · 19/04/2010 21:20

i think it's really pretty and considered it strongly. would still be a contender if i were to have another...

CantSleepWontSleep · 19/04/2010 21:26

i love it. Dh vetoed every time.

Herecomesthesciencebint · 19/04/2010 21:27

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jenduff · 19/04/2010 21:29

Very pretty - but always makes me think of someone who used to write in to Terry Wogan with the name Heidi Vodka

debaronz · 19/04/2010 21:56

Sorry but I don't like it.

whatwasthatagain · 20/04/2010 15:00

I love it. Loved the book as a child.

5DollarShake · 20/04/2010 15:18

I really like it.

I went to school with two girls called Heidi and they were both blonde stunners.

mopsyflopsy · 20/04/2010 15:29

Awful! But then I know too many 60+ year old Germans named Heidi.

padraig · 20/04/2010 15:58

It's quite a popular name for dogs.

I really dislike it tbh.

ConnorTraceptive · 20/04/2010 16:09

I like it and would have considered it is ds's were girls

DastardlyandSmugly · 20/04/2010 16:46

I think it's lovely

GladioliBuckets · 20/04/2010 16:49

Love it. Was on one of my shortlists.

ongobongo · 20/04/2010 21:53

Lovely name - really easy to say with a smile on your face!

lilmissmummy · 20/04/2010 21:54

lovely!

deleting · 20/04/2010 21:57

love it.

Magaly · 21/04/2010 09:27

I really like it. I think it's quite germanic, and I feel my soul is more latin, so not for me if that makes sense.

But a nice name for the right girl. and i don't just mean blonde.

AvadaKedavra · 21/04/2010 09:28

I'm a Heidi and I detest it. Unless your child is sure to grow up looking blonde and lean and lithe and tanned, then no.

Eglu · 21/04/2010 09:47

It's awful, sorry. My Gran had a dog called Heidi too.

AllieW · 21/04/2010 12:27

I love it - very pretty. I seem to remember that the book said it was short for Adelheid, though, which is nowhere near as nice!

foureleven · 21/04/2010 18:23

I love it. My close friend's daughter is called Heidi and she has never encountered another child with the name.. except for Kerry Katona's Heidi who was born 3 days afterwards!

Its sensible enough for when she grows up and runs a Hedge Fund but pretty enough to still feel feminine.