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I've had it on my list for a while now. It was pretty frequent among my peers growing up in California (I was born in 1971). I used to dislike it, because I associated it with H. Locklear and the movie "Heathers." But then I had a dark-haired, soft-voiced friend named Heather, who always dressed super sharp and carried herself like someone powerful. So now, my memory of what she was like is what I associate with the name... independent, softspoken, and sexy in a dignified, confident, feminine way. Kind of a power name.

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I probably wouldn't name a daughter Heather, though, since I have the feeling it'd be to her peers the way Charlotte was to mine (a little too dated to fit in, a little bit too strong in the way it sounded, a little bit too weak in the images it evokes). It'd still be a good name, but I think I'd rather have it myself than name a baby it today.