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My housemate (very definitely an English girl) has Haidee as har middle name (named after a great aunt, I think).
She pronounces it hay-dee, and I think that's the most likely pronounciation for English speakers.
Heidi <Adelheid has no connection to Haidee. Haidee appears in a poem by Byron (I think it's Byron :) ) and thus had some vogue in Britain during and after Byron's (?) lifetime.
She pronounces it hay-dee, and I think that's the most likely pronounciation for English speakers.
Heidi <Adelheid has no connection to Haidee. Haidee appears in a poem by Byron (I think it's Byron :) ) and thus had some vogue in Britain during and after Byron's (?) lifetime.
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Yeah, its pronounced hay-dee. If it was germanic, it would be pronounced hi-dee (b/c in german, the second vowel is pronounced), but haidee definitely has a greek base
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