Heather

Heather
Flowering Calluna vulgaris, an example of the common heather from which the female name is derived.
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
Origin	Scottish derived from Scottish Plant.
Related names	Heath (Pet form)
Popularity	Popular names page

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Heather is a popular English and 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 male given name. Heather is also a color, a light purple shade.

Persons named "Heather" include:

• Heather (character), one of the 22 contestants of Total Drama Island animated series
• Heather Angel (actor), an English actress
• Heather Angel (photographer), an English photographer
• Heather B. Gardner, an American hip-hop artist
• Heather Bown, an American volleyball player
• Heather Crowe, a Canadian anti-smoking campaigner
• Heather Dorsers, a Canadian fashion model & Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 participant
• Heather Graham, an American actress
• Heather Hart, a character in the novel Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
• 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 Langenkamp, American actress, best known for her role as Nancy in Nightmare on Elm Street.
• Heather Locklear, an American actress
• Heather Marks, a Canadian Model
• Heather Mills, the second wife of Paul 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 Wallace, a Canadian squash player
• Heather Whitestone, a Miss America winner

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