Heather
Heather is a girl name of English origin, meaning The flowering heath shrub.
What Heather means
The flowering heath shrub.
Heather sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Heather comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Heather is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Heather?
Heather is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Heather is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Heather
Heather spans flowers and growing things and the natural world, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Heather
These share Heather's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Hadley — Field of heather.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Bryony — To sprout; a climbing vine.
- Marigold — The golden marigold flower.
- May — The hawthorn blossom; the fifth month.
- Meadow — A field of wildflowers.
- Petunia — The trumpet-shaped flower.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Primrose — First rose; first flower of spring.
- Wisteria — The cascading purple vine.
- Hawthorn — The flowering hawthorn tree.
More English names
- Heath — The open moorland.
- Holden — From the deep valley.
- Hazel — The hazelnut tree.
- Holly — The holly tree; holiness.
- Hayden — From the hedged valley.
- Holt — Of the woodland.
- Hawthorn — The flowering hawthorn tree.
- Hope — Optimism; trust in the future.
- Haven — A safe refuge.
- Hudson — Son of Hugh; of the river.