Heer

A girls’ name of Dutch origin, meaning lord or master.

Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2278
12 babies

Heer by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Heer. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Heer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Heeradiamond4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hser17 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean God

Like Heer, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
  • Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
  • SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
  • Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Heer

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