Heather

Heather \hea-(t)her, he-ath-er\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Heather is pronounced HHEH-DH-er ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Heather: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; DH as in "they (DH.EY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

What is the origin of Heather?

Heather's origin and use are both in the English language. Derived literally from the vocabulary word heather. The first name is from the name of the small evergreen shrub, which is a National Flower of Norway; it affiliated with Scotland. The first name was adopted by English speakers in the 19th century, among other coined flower and plant names. The name was popular in Scotland where the plant is commonly found. Variant forms of Heather comprise the name baby name Heath, the name name Heatha origin, the name short names for Heathar, the name Heathe meaning, the name name Heatherlee meaning, the English Heatherly meaning and origin, the name short names for Hether, and the English Hither name. Another form of Heather is the English variant spelling Heathir pronounciation. Heather is an all-time favorite. At present it is still rather popular as a baby girl name, but not as a lot as it was before. The name jumped in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1970s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the peak of its usage in 1975, 1.558% of baby girls were given the name Heather. It had a ranking of #3 then. The baby name has markedly declined in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #685 with a usage of 0.021%, was nonetheless the most regularly used out of all girl names in its family. Heather has mainly been a girl name, although in the last century it has also been used for boys. There were 328 times more girls than boys who were named Heather in 1977.

The following famous people share the name Heather:

• Activist Heather Mills, born 1968
• Actress Heather Locklear, born 25 September 1961, Los Angeles, California
• Model Heather Stewart-Whyte, born 25 September 1969.

List of baby names that sound like Heather:

the name Hether name popularity, the name meaning of Hathor, the name Hathore meaning of name, the name Heathar pronounciation, the English baby name Heathir, the English Hither meaning of name, the name name Hydeira meaning, the name Hydeyra definition, the name Hydra pronounciation, the Arabic, English, and Hebrew name Hadara origin, the name name Hadarah origin, the name nicknames for Hadarra, the name what does the name Hadarrah mean, the English Hadria name popularity, the name Hathora meaning, the Arabic baby name Haydara, the Hebrew meaning of Hedra, the Japanese Hotaru meaning and origin, the name name Hydeara, and the name what does the name Hydiera mean.

The baby name Heather fun facts:

The name Heather in reverse order is "Rehtaeh".

The numerological value of the name Heather is number 2, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating.

How popular is Heather?

Heather is in the top names in USA.