Name Element HEIT

Type Word & Element

Meaning & History

Old High German suffix meaning "kind, sort, type". It converts an adjective into a noun.

Related Items

Other Languages & Cultureshaidu(Frankish) haiduz(Old Germanic) heiðr(Old Norse)
Given Name DescendantsAlisa(Bosnian) Alícia(Catalan) Alice(Czech) Alice(Danish) Alice, Adelheid(Dutch) Adelaide, Alease, Alecia, Alesha, Alesia, Alice, Alicia, Alisha, Alissa, Alyce, Alycia, Alys, Alysa, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyssa, Alyssia, Rosa, Rose, Royce, Aleesha, Alise, Alishia, Alisia, Alisya, Allissa, Allycia, Elicia(English) Aliisa, Alisa(Finnish) Adélaïde, Alice, Alicia, Alix, Azélie(French) Alisa(Georgian) Adelheid, Alice(German) Adalhaid, Adalheidis, Adelais, Hrodohaidis, Rothaid(Germanic) Aliki(Greek) Alíz, Aliz(Hungarian) Ailís, Ailish, Eilís, Eilish, Róise, Róis(Irish) Adelaide, Alice(Italian) Alise(Latvian) Rohese, Rohesia, Royse(Medieval English) Aalis(Medieval French) Alice(Norwegian) Azalaïs(Occitan) Adelajda, Alicja(Polish) Adelaide, Alice, Alícia(Portuguese) Alisa(Russian) Aileas, Ailis(Scottish Gaelic) Alica(Slovak) Adelaida, Alicia(Spanish) Alice, Alicia(Swedish) Alisa(Ukrainian) Alis(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsRose, Royce(English) Aleshire, Alscher(German)

Sources & References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry heit, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
Entry added December 7, 2022