Heather

heather English thumb|Heather village sign in Leicestershire Etymology From en heather; the given name is one of the plant names taken up in the 19th century. The surname is habitational, also meaning someone living on a heath. Pronunciation en /ˈhɛðɚ/ GenAm en /ˈhɛðə/ RP en /ˈhiːðə/ Leicestershire en ɛðə(ɹ) 2 Proper noun ~ s en female English. en 1867 J.H.Riddell Far Above Rubies Bernhard Tauchnitz 50 She struck his fancy - that pretty girl with the quaint name: sweet Heather Bell, as Mr. Travers always called her."The name was a fancy of her godfather, an eccentric bachelor," the lady explained. " She was the youngest of three daughters, and the other two were called, respectively, 'Lily' and 'Rose'. 'Call this one Heather,' said Mr. Stewart, who loved Scotland and her purple mountains, 'she will grow up like the heather, perhaps - strong, hardy, a wild flower, worth of a hundred of your garden rarities.' en 2001 John Irving The Cider House Rules 506 Ballantine Books 0345417941 "I like Hazel and Heather," Angel said, after a while. "They're both names of plants, so they sort of go with Rose.""I don't have no plant, I got a little girl," Rose Rose said, smiling. en Carina Storrs Therapists often discriminate against black and poor patients, study finds w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/01/health/mental-health-therapists-race-class-bias 2016-06-01 “Psychotherapists are not immune to the same stereotypes that we all have, and I think they could become even more relevant for psychotherapists than for other professions [both medical and nonmedical], because they are embarking on this intimate, potentially long-term relationship with these [clients],” said Heather Kugelmass, a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University. Kugelmass is the author of the study (PDF), which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. https://web.archive.org/web/20260129055802/https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/01/health/mental-health-therapists-race-class-bias 29 January 2026 en Middle English. en village/and/cpar in dist/North West Leicestershire co/Leicestershire cc/England OS grid ref SK3910. Parish map (England) en ucomm in co/Marion County s/Missouri c/USA. Usage notes The given name was popular at the end of the 20th century. Translations female given name Arabic: ar هِيذِر hiḏer Bulgarian: bg Хедър Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 希瑟 Xīsè Esperanto: eo Ĥizer Japanese: ja ヘザー Hezā Korean: ko ^헤더 Marathi: mr हेदर Russian: ru Хи́зер Ukrainian: uk Хі́зер Welsh: cy Grug References Anagrams en aeehhrt heareth Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Heather + 1 Pronunciation Heder Hea.ther Proper noun heder tl female English