| Pronunciation | ˈhaɪˌkə |
|---|---|
| Gender | Feminine |
| Language | German, Dutch, Frisian |
| Languageorigin | 1. Low German 2. German |
| Origin | 1. Heinrike 2. Heinrich |
| Region | Germany, Scandinavia |
| Variant forms | Drika, Heiko, Heintje, Rik, Rika, Rike |
| Cognate | Henrietta (given name) Henry (given name) |
| Related names | Elke, Frauke, Haika, Silke |
| Popularity | 1 |
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:
Given name
Feminine
- 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 Gebhard (born 1954), German politician
- Heike Geißler (born 1977), German writer
- 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 Winzent (born 1976), German politician
Masculine
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853–1926), Dutch physicist
Surname
- Georg Heike (1933–2023), German phonetician and linguist
- Jürgen W. Heike (1949–2022), German politician
- Michiyo Heike (born 1979), Japanese singer-songwriter