What does Heather mean?
Definitions for Heather
ˈhɛð ərheather
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Heather.
Princeton's WordNet
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgarisnoun
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
heather mixture, heathernoun
interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
Wiktionary
heathernoun
An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
heathernoun
The Ericaceae family.
heathernoun
Various species of the genus Erica.
heathernoun
Various species of the genus Cassiope.
heatheradjective
Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
Heathernoun
from the English noun heather. Popular in the end of the 20th century.
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heather
Heather is a common name for small, shrub-like plants of the genus Calluna, most commonly known as Calluna vulgaris, that are native to Europe, Asia and North America. They are evergreen plants known for their small, bell-shaped flowers, usually in shades of purple, pink or white. The term "heather" is also used more broadly to refer to similar plants in the Ericaceae family. Heather can additionally refer to a color, a pale shade of grayish-purple, pink, green or blue, often used in the textile industry. It can also be a feminine given name.
Webster Dictionary
Heathernoun
heath
Etymology: [See Heath.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Heather
heth′ėr, n. the Scotch name for the native species of the Linnæan genus Erica, called in the north of England Ling, esp. Erica (now Calluna) vulgaris, Common Heather, and Erica cinerea, Fine-leaved Heath or Lesser Bell-heather.—adj. of the colour of heather.—ns. Heath′er-ale, a famous liquor traditionally brewed in Scotland from the bells of heather; Heath′er-bell, a name given to Erica tetralix (or specially to its blossom), and sometimes also to Erica cinerea.—adj. Heath′ery, of or pertaining to heather.—Set the heather on fire, to create a disturbance; Take to the heather, to become an outlaw. [Usually derived from heath.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HEATHER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Heather is ranked #20239 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Heather surname appeared 1,315 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Heather.
91.4% or 1,203 total occurrences were White.
2.5% or 33 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.1% or 28 total occurrences were Asian.
1.9% or 25 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Anagrams for Heather »
heareth
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Heather in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Heather in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Heather in a Sentence
I cried out,' if you really do have a plan for Heather Brown, like, come on. Just bring something.'.
I often go up there to enjoy wildlife [and]we got up at 4 a.m. and try to be there for first light as its the best time to spot wildlife, the heather is blooming right now, we have not seen any deer there before. There was a mum roe deer and two little ones, like real-life Bambis.
We cry for the Palermo family, our sister Heather and all in the community who are hurting.
If State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert is nominated and approved, people will be interested to see whether State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert's willing and able to do the diplomatic toil or whether State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert will see this as an extension of the spokesman position and focus more on presentation of Richard Gowan position before the Security Council.
Heather was the beginning of the process of us realizing as a lesbian couple that there were going to be many battles, and we just had to do them, 'Heather' paved some way but there was a lot 'Heather' couldn't do that we had to just do.
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- خلنج نباتArabic
- brugBreton
- brucCatalan, Valencian
- vřesCzech
- grugWelsh
- hedelyngDanish
- Besenheide, Erika, Heidekraut, HeideGerman
- ερείκηGreek
- erikoEsperanto
- brezoSpanish
- خلنگPersian
- kanervaFinnish
- bruyèreFrench
- fraochIrish
- fraochScottish Gaelic
- uz, breixoGalician
- हीथHindi
- hangaHungarian
- heatherIndonesian
- erica, brugoItalian
- אַברָשׁHebrew
- ヘ, ギリュウモドキJapanese
- ಹೀದರ್Kannada
- 히스Korean
- brueramLatin
- heideDutch
- røsslyng, lyngNorwegian
- brugaOccitan
- wrzosPolish
- mescla, urzePortuguese
- iarbă neagră, buruianăRomanian
- верескRussian
- vrijesakSerbo-Croatian
- brushtull, shqopëAlbanian
- ljungSwedish
- தொற்றும்Tamil
- హీథర్Telugu
- ทุ่งหญ้าThai
- fundaTurkish
- вересUkrainian
- ہیدرUrdu
- cây thạch namVietnamese
- brüyärVolapük
- כעדערYiddish
- 石南属Chinese
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