- Heather (name)
Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Heather
imagesize= 200 px
caption= Flowering "Calluna vulgaris", an example of the common heather from which the female name is derived.
pronunciation=
gender = Female
meaning = Named after the plant Heather, which are a variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers which commonly grow in rocky areas
region =
origin = Scottish derived from Scottish Plant.
related names = "Heath" ("Pet form")
footnotes =Heather is a popular Scottish
given name for girls. It simply means "heather" from the English word for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers which commonly grow in rocky areas. It is derived the Scottish plant.Heath can be used as a malegiven name .Persons named "Heather" include:
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Heather Angel (actor) , an English actor
**Heather Angel (photographer) , an English photographer
**Heather B. , an American hip-hop artist
**Heather Bown , an American volleyball player
**Heather Crowe , a Canadian anti-smoking campaigner
**Heather Graham, an American actress
**Heather Harmon , an amateur pornographic actress
**Heather Hart, a character in the novel "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said " byPhilip K. Dick
**Heather Steele , an Irish actress
**Heather Headley , a Trinidadian singer and actress
**Heather Hopper , an American actress
**Heather Hunter , an American entertainer
**Heather Jones , a Canadian field hockey player
**Heather Kuzmich , an American fashion model &America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9 participant
**Heather Locklear , an American actress
**Heather Mills , the second wife ofPaul McCartney
**Heather Mason, the female protagonist in "Silent Hill 3 "
**Heather Matarazzo , an American actress
**Heather Nova , a Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet
**Heather O'Rourke , an American actress
**Heather Raffo , an American actress
**Heather Small , a British singer
**Heather Tesch, a Weather Channel host
**Heather Thomas , an American actress
**Heather Whitestone -Miss America winner
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