Girl · Low German / Frisian
Heike
Say it: HY-keh
Meaning
Low German and Frisian pet form of Heinrike (feminine of Heinrich) or of Adelheid.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Very popular in Germany in the 1960s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 131 babies given this name since 1961
- At its height in 1966, about 1 in 112,800 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Heike Drechsler, German long jumper
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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