Comments for the name Heino

In Estonia Heino has become an independent form, originally deriving from the German Heinrich. This name exists in Finnish as well; the vowel combination and O ending make this name sound classically Finnic.

Famous bearer: German singer Heino (born Heinz Georg Kramm, 13 December 1938, Düsseldorf).

Heino Ferch (born 1963) is a German actor famous for playing Albert Speer in Downfall, and also the gangster Ronnie in the Cult film Run Lola Run.

I always thought that this was from the Finnish word heinä which means hay. But that's just my association, since they sound similar, not the correct or variant source or anything.

I guess this name would be fine in a non-English country, but the spelling reminds me of the word "heinous", which means "utterly odious or wicked".