Girl · English
Heather
Say it: HETH-ur
Meaning
From the English plant name heather (ling), itself a word of uncertain origin.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of the late-Victorian flower names, it peaked in the US in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 526,528 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 60 girls
- 150 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Heather Locklear, US actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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