English · Girl name
Heather
“flowering evergreen plant”
About the name Heather
Heather is a girl’s name derived from the English word for the flowering plant, an evergreen shrub with small purple or white flowers that grows on open moorland. The word comes from the Scots and northern English hadder. The name is commonly associated with Scottish landscapes, where heather covers the hills. White heather is traditionally held to bring luck in Scotland. As a given name, Heather was first recorded in the nineteenth century, in the same period as other plant names such as Ivy and Hazel.
- Meaning
- flowering evergreen plant
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- HEA-thur(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Heather
- Heather Ann
- Heather Marie
- Heather Lynn
- Heather Joy
- Heather Elizabeth
Questions about Heather
- What does Heather mean?
- Heather is an English name meaning "flowering evergreen plant".
- How do you pronounce Heather?
- Heather is pronounced HEA-thur, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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