Heather Forename
968th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 942,455 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Heather Forename Definition:
A female name. like Hazel (q.v.). It is mentioned in the same article in Notes and Queries.
Heather Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 673,623 | 1:538 | 99 |
| Canada | 100% | 89,397 | 1:371 | 48 |
| England | 100% | 82,237 | 1:676 | 152 |
| Australia | - | 26,251 | 1:520 | 119 |
| Scotland | 100% | 14,581 | 1:367 | 87 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,435 | 1:4,059 | 770 |
| New Zealand | - | 11,342 | 1:400 | 79 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7,583 | 1:243 | 47 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,697 | 1:659 | 159 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,396 | 1:1,203 | 304 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,439 | 1:3,227 | 394 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1,221 | 1:12,632 | 1,598 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,123 | 1:62,392 | 6,228 |
| Barbados | - | 980 | 1:296 | 51 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 706 | 1:1,928 | 368 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 627 | 1:26,957 | 2,315 |
| Malawi | 100% | 613 | 1:27,916 | 2,262 |
| Germany | 100% | 495 | 1:195,309 | 3,057 |
| Egypt | 67% | 434 | 1:211,753 | 7,640 |
| China | - | 433 | 1:3,154,863 | 49,352 |
| Samoa | - | 411 | 1:475 | 140 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Philippines | 96% | 370 | 1:286,512 | 11,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 362 | 1:22,520 | 2,240 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 303 | 1:34,427 | 2,662 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 233 | 1:130,686 | 8,559 |
| Bahamas | - | 231 | 1:1,729 | 405 |
| France | 100% | 219 | 1:303,518 | 4,134 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Spain | 100% | 194 | 1:239,845 | 4,453 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 168 | 1:48,890 | 2,183 |
| Kenya | - | 167 | 1:277,288 | 9,981 |
| Brazil | 100% | 151 | 1:1,418,782 | 33,344 |
| Jersey | 100% | 142 | 1:704 | 165 |
| Japan | - | 135 | 1:948,045 | 14,671 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 134 | 1:742 | 113 |
| Bermuda | - | 133 | 1:487 | 72 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Italy | 100% | 126 | 1:484,620 | 5,242 |
| India | 100% | 125 | 1:9,719,024 | 295,099 |
| Hong Kong | - | 124 | 1:62,522 | 2,590 |
| Zambia | - | 117 | 1:135,511 | 5,589 |
| Sweden | 100% | 112 | 1:88,017 | 3,932 |
| South Korea | - | 110 | 1:50,404 | 3,398 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Singapore | 100% | 108 | 1:58,213 | 6,812 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 98 | 1:72,980 | 6,332 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Norway | 100% | 83 | 1:61,835 | 2,363 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 83 | 1:2,142 | 399 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 82 | 1:669 | 104 |
| Ecuador | - | 78 | 1:227,268 | 3,676 |
| Guernsey | - | 78 | 1:812 | 183 |
| Mexico | 100% | 77 | 1:1,612,265 | 10,537 |
| Guyana | 100% | 71 | 1:10,750 | 1,607 |
| Botswana | - | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Chile | 100% | 68 | 1:258,930 | 4,213 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 65 | 1:8,678 | 753 |
| Belgium | 100% | 64 | 1:179,532 | 4,666 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 61 | 1:1,799 | 367 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 58 | 1:1,057 | 238 |
| Dominica | - | 54 | 1:1,398 | 254 |
| Panama | 100% | 51 | 1:76,599 | 4,230 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 49 | 1:2,277 | 426 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Greece | 100% | 47 | 1:232,650 | 4,433 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Namibia | - | 44 | 1:54,640 | 3,265 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Seychelles | - | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:868 | 177 |
| Uganda | 100% | 36 | 1:1,137,692 | 18,725 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:16,599 | 1,426 |
| Russia | 75% | 33 | 1:4,370,718 | 22,313 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 32 | 1:943,809 | 20,727 |
| Belize | 100% | 30 | 1:11,810 | 1,655 |
| DR Congo | - | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Grenada | 100% | 27 | 1:4,005 | 688 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Denmark | - | 23 | 1:245,630 | 5,032 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 22 | 1:39,594 | 1,941 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Austria | 100% | 21 | 1:405,438 | 4,185 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 21 | 1:227,045 | 4,936 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 20 | 1:663 | 80 |
| Indonesia | - | 20 | 1:12,898,183 | 378,977 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 15 | 1:1,073,895 | 4,712 |
| Israel | 79% | 15 | 1:560,195 | 10,411 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 15 | 1:389 | 108 |
| Finland | 100% | 14 | 1:391,656 | 5,045 |
| Honduras | 100% | 14 | 1:629,819 | 8,609 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Argentina | 100% | 12 | 1:3,564,437 | 10,379 |
| Turkey | 100% | 12 | 1:6,483,476 | 25,958 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Cambodia | - | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 10 | 1:17,756,436 | 163,035 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Colombia | 58% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Peru | 100% | 9 | 1:3,532,384 | 29,289 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Lebanon | 83% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Cameroon | - | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Marshall Islands | 50% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Heather (9,551) may also be a surname.
Heather Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. like Hazel (q.v.). It is mentioned in the same article in Notes and Queries.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
F. From the shrub. Perhaps influenced by its flower, the heather-bell. Not before C19.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: A beautiful flowering shrub taking its name from the heath country where it grows.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Heather Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 116,079 (2014)
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