Heike (name)

German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪˌkə]GenderFeminineLanguage(s)German, Dutch, FrisianOriginLanguage(s)1. Low German
2. GermanWord/name1. Heinrike
2. HeinrichRegion of originGermany, ScandinaviaOther namesVariant form(s)Drika, Heiko, Heintje, Rik, Rika, RikeCognate(s)Henrietta (given name)
Henry (given name)Related namesElke, Frauke, SilkePopularitysee popular names

Heike is a given name of Germanic origin, most commonly but not exclusively female. The male form is Heiko. Heike is also a surname.

Notable persons with this name include:

• Heike Blaßneck (born 1971), German hurdler
• Heike Balck (born 1970), German high jumper
• Heike Klippel (born 1960), German film and media studies scholar.
• Heike Dähne (born 1961), German swimmer
• Heike Drechsler (born 1964), German track and field athlete
• Heike Faber (born 1965), German television actress
• Heike Fassbender, German mathematician
• Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver
• Heike Friedrich (born 1970), German freestyle swimmer
• Heike Henkel (born 1964), German athlete
• Heike Hennig (born 1966), German choreographer and director
• Heike Heubach (born 1979), German politician
• Heike Kemmer (born 1962), German equestrian gold medalist
• Heike Koerner (born 1973), Mexican backstroke swimmer
• Heike Langguth (born 1979), German vice-champion in Muay Thai
• Heike Lätzsch (born 1973), German field hockey striker
• Heike Lehmann (born 1962), German volleyball
• Heike Makatsch (born 1971), German actress
• Heike Meißner (born 1970), German athlete
• Heike Popel, East German luger
• Heike Rabenow is an East German sprint canoer
• Heike Riel (born 1971), German nanotechnologies
• Heike Schulte-Mattler (born 1958), German athlete
• Heike Schwaller (born 1968), German-Swiss curler
• Heike Tischler (born 1964), German heptathlete
• Heike Warnicke (born 1966), German speed skater
• Heike Wezel (born 1968), German cross country skier
• Heike Wilms-Kegel (born 1952), German physician and politician

• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853–1926), Dutch physicist

• Georg Heike (1933–2023), German phonetician and linguist
• Jürgen W. Heike (1949–2022), German politician
• Michiyo Heike (born 1979), Japanese singer-songwriter

• Heike (disambiguation)