English Explanatory Dictionary

Haidée

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

Word forms

Haidée

Etymology

Lord Byron's transliteration of the Greek name Χάϊδι ("caress") for his 1819 "Translation of the Romaic Song." The name would become popularized in English when he used the name again in 1824 in Don Juan.

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