Heike
given name · German · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Heike is a given name, most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is the 70th most common given name. It appears chiefly in German and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Common Sino-Japanese reading of the characters meaning ‘Taira family’.
- DEGermany1 in 393◐
- ATAustria1 in 4.7K
- NLNetherlands1 in 58K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.8K ●
- Sources
- 228 ●
- 1 in 32K ◐
across 10 countries
308K records
Official registry-verified
Denmark
Meaning & origin●
Common Sino-Japanese reading of the characters meaning ‘Taira family’. They are sometimes called the Heishi, with the same meaning.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #70 | 308,253 | 290K rec. | — | 1 | Heike | 223 |
| AT Austria | #514 | 3,555 | 1.4K rec. | — | 434 | Heike | 87 |
| US United States | — | 1,595 | 8.5K rec. | 1 in 209K | 1.6K | Heike | 228 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 713 | 500 rec. | — | listed | Heike | 77 |
| CH Switzerland | #989 | 588 | 398 rec. | — | — | Heike | 42 |
| CA Canada | — | 318 | 303 rec. | — | — | Heike | 48 |
| SE Sweden | — | 303 | 476 rec. | 1 in 34K | 303 | Heike | 29 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 296 | 377 rec. | 1 in 58K | 296 | Heike | 43 |
| ES Spain | — | 224 | 1.6K rec. | 1 in 223K | 224 | Heike | 56 |
| DK Denmark | — | 183 | — | 1 in 32K | 183 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 168 | 280 rec. | — | 5 | Heike | 34 |
| BR Brazil | — | 164 | — | 1 in 1.3M | 164 | — | — |
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Languages●
- German327K92%
- English13K4%
- Spanish2.3K1%
- French1.6K1%
- Portuguese1.6K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| German | 327,425 | 92% |
| English | 12,666 | 4% |
| Spanish | 2,349 | 1% |
| French | 1,634 | 1% |
| Portuguese | 1,592 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Heike is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
North German feminine pet form of HEINRICH.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In German, a female given name from Low German or West Frisian, variant of Heinrike
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Patronymischer Familienname aus Heide(c)k(e) mit intervokalischem d-Ausfall; 239+79 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname; laut Atlas wohl Kurzform zu Heideke oder zum Stamm hag-.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
variant of Heick.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 58 |
| 1985 | 41 |
| 1986 | 39 |
| 1987 | 40 |
| 1988 | 34 |
| 1989 | 27 |
| 1990 | 16 |
| 1991 | 15 |
| 1992 | 21 |
| 1993 | 30 |
| 1994 | 23 |
| 1995 | 10 |
| 1996 | 12 |
| 1997 | 9 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 8 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 32 years between 1984–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnesb. 1853NLDutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)
- Heike Wiehle-Timmb. 1958DEGerman film producer
- Heike Falkenbergb. 1961DEGerman actress
- Heike Drechslerb. 1964DEEast German long jumper (born 1964)
- Heike Henkelb. 1964DEGerman high jumper
- Heike Koschykb. 1967DEGerman author
- Heike Friedrichb. 1970DEEast German swimmer
- Heike Balckb. 1970DEGerman high jumper
- Heike Makatschb. 1971DEGerman actress and singer
- Heike Warmuthb. 1979DEGerman actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 48 sources across 25 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 188 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Heike?
- We estimate roughly 2.8 thousand people bear Heike (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
- In which country does Heike have the most bearers?
- Heike is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled heike.
- How common is Heike compared with other names?
- In Germany, Heike is the 70th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.
- Is Heike a male or female name?
- Heike is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Heike mean?
- Recorded meaning: Common Sino-Japanese reading of the characters meaning ‘Taira family’.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Heike” — the 70th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.