Heini is both a given name and a surname. It is mainly a masculine given name in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

-speaking countries, but a feminine given name in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. However, in

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

, it is a both masculine and feminine given name, meaning 'healthy and spirited'. Currently, in

, it is more commonly recognised and a female given name. Notable people with the name include:

People with the given name

* Heini Adams (born 1980), South African rugby union player *

Heini Becker Heinrich Thomas "Heini" Becker (born 18 January 1935) is a former South Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Hanson from 1970 to 1993 and Peake from 1993 to 1997 for the Liberal Party. He was ...

(born 1935), Australian politician *

Heini Bock Heini Bock (born 28 December 1981 in Oranjemund) is a Namibian rugby union scrum-half. He is a member of the Namibia national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixt ...

(born 1981), Namibian rugby union player * Heini Brüggemann, German sprint canoeist *

Heini Dittmar Heini Dittmar (Born March 30, 1912, Bad Kissingen, Unterfranken, Germany – Died April 28, 1960 near Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany) was a record-breaking German glider pilot. Inspired by the example of his glider flying brother Edgar, Dit ...

(1911–1960), German glider pilot *

Heini Halberstam Heini Halberstam (11 September 1926 oreen Halberstam, wife– 25 January 2014) was a Czech-born British mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. He is remembered in part for the Elliott–Halberstam conjecture from 1968. ...

(1927–2014), British mathematician *

Heini Hediger Heini Hediger (30 November 1908 in Basel – 29 August 1992 in Bern) was a Swiss biologist noted for work in proxemics in animal behavior and is known as the "father of zoo biology". Hediger was formerly the director of Tierpark Dählhölzli (1 ...

(1908–1992), Swiss biologist *

Heini Hemmi Heini Hemmi (born 17 January 1949) is a Swiss former alpine skier, winner of the giant slalom competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics. He also won the Giant Slalom World Cup 1976-77. His younger brother Christian was on the podium thrice at the ...

(born 1949), Swiss alpine skier *

Heini Klopfer Heinrich "Heini" Klopfer (3 April 1918 in Oberstdorf – 18 November 1968) was a German ski jumping, ski jumper and architect. At age 17, Klopfer was selected for trials for the 1936 Winter Olympics, but failed to qualify. After World War II Klopfe ...

(1918–1968), German ski jumper and architect *

Heini Koivuniemi Heini Koivumieni (born 1973) is a Finnish strongwoman competitor who has achieved numerous podium finishes at the World's Strongest Woman contest. Koivuniemi competed five times in the World's Strongest Woman contests ...

(born 1973), Finnish strongwoman competitor *

Heini Lohrer Heinrich Lohrer (29 June 1918 – 12 December 2011) was an ice hockey player for the Swiss national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.Heini Meng Heinrich Anton Meng (b. 20 November 1902 - d. 13 August 1982) was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d' ...

(1902–?), Swiss ice hockey player *

Heini Müller Heini is both a given name and a surname. It is mainly a masculine given name in German-speaking countries, but a feminine given name in Finland. However, in Wales, it is a both masculine and feminine given name, meaning 'healthy and spirited'. Cur ...

, Swiss footballer *

Heini Müller (footballer, born 1934) Heini Müller (born 18 February 1934 in Roth, Bavaria) is a former German footballer. Müller made 43 appearances for 1. FC Nürnberg in the Bundesliga during his playing career. Müller's son, Bernd Müller (born 1963), was also a footballe ...

, German footballer *

Heini Otto Heini Otto (born 24 August 1954) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Early career Otto worked for his father-in-law in the gold business, and then in a whisky distillery before becoming a ...

(born 1954), Dutch footballer *

Heini Salonen Heini Salonen (born 11 July 1993 in Helsinki) is a Finnish tennis player. Salonen has a 1–8 record for Finland in Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched ...

(born 1993), Finnish tennis player *

Heini Vatnsdal Heini Vatnsdal (born 18 October 1991) is a Faroese professional football player. He currently plays for KÍ Klaksvík and for the Faroe Islands national football team. He plays as a midfielder. Vatnsdal has also played for the youth teams of t ...

(born 1991), Faroese football player *

Heini Walter Henrich "Heini" Walter (28 July 1927 – 12 May 2009) was a Swiss racing driver. He participated in one Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formu ...

(1927–2009), Swiss racing driver *

Heini Wathén Heini Wathén-Fayed (née Wathén; born 24 February 1955 in Hanko, Finland) is a former model married to Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. She was an officer for The Ritz Hotel, London. Modeling career Heini Wathén signed with a modelli ...

(born 1955), Finnish female model *

Heini Gruffudd Heini is both a given name and a surname. It is mainly a masculine given name in German-speaking countries, but a feminine given name in Finland. However, in Wales, it is a both masculine and feminine given name, meaning 'healthy and spirited'. Cur ...

(born 1946), Welsh Author

People with the surname

Riku Heini Riku Heini (born 9 December 1990) is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti and Finland national under-19 football team The Finnish national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Finland. UEFA E ...

(born 1990), Finnish footballer

People with the given name

People with the surname

See also