Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 Heiko
/HY · koh/
Meaning
“Home ruler”
North German masculine name, a Low German form of Heinrich, from 'Heimrich' meaning home ruler; particularly associated with the Hamburg and Bremen regions.
Nicknames
heike
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Peaked in northern Germany in the 1960s and 1970s; feels solidly retro there now.
The cultural moment.
Common in northern Germany from the 1960s through 1980s; rare for newborns today.