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Henry (given name)

Henry is a masculine given name derived from Old French Henri or Henry, which is derived from the Old Frankish name Heimeric, from Common Germanic “Haimarīks” (from *haima- "home" and *rīk- "ruler").[1][2] In Old High German, the name was conflated with the name Haginrich (from hagin "enclosure" and rich "ruler") to form Heinrich.[3]

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King Henry VIII, arguably the best-known Henry in history.
Pronunciation/ˈhɛnri/
GenderMale
Name dayJuly 13
Origin
Word/nameEngland
MeaningHome ruler
Ruler of (the) home
Ruler of the homeland
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Feminine forms

The Old High German name is recorded from the 8th century, in the variants Haimirich, Haimerich, Heimerich, Hemirih.[4] Harry, its English short form, was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England. Most English kings named Henry were called Harry. The name became so popular in England that the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry" began to be used to refer to men in general. The common English feminine forms of the name are Harriet and Henrietta. An Italian variant descended from the Old High German name, Amerigo, was the source from which the continents of the Americas were named.

It has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries for centuries. It was among the top 100 most popular names used for men born in the United States, England and Wales, and in Australia in 2007. It was the 46th most common name for boys and men in the United States in the 1990 census, and has ranked among the ten most popular names for American newborn boys in 2020.[5] Harry, its short form, was the fifth most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2007 and among the top 50 names in Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland in recent years. Harry was ranked as the 578th most popular name in the United States in 2007.[6] In 2022, it was the 20th most popular name given to boys in Canada.[7] It is also in use as a surname.

Masculine variants

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In the High Middle Ages, the name was Latinized as Henricus. It was a royal name in Germany, France, and England throughout the high medieval period (Henry I of Germany, Henry I of England, Henry I of France) and widely used as a given name; as a consequence, many regional variants developed in the languages of Western and Central Europe.[8]

Within German, Low German, Frisian, and Dutch, numerous diminutives and abbreviated forms exist, including Low German, Dutch and Frisian Heike, Heiko; Dutch Hein, Heintje; and German Heiner, Heinz.

The original diphthong was lost in Dutch Hendrik (hypocoristics Henk, Hennie, Rik) and Scandinavian Henrik[9] (whence Henning).

Eastern European languages developed native forms during the medieval period under the influence of German and the Scandinavian languages; hence Polish Henryk; Czech Jindřich, Hynek; Hungarian, Slovene, and Serbo-Croatian Henrik; Finnish Henrikki (hypocoristic Heikki); and Lithuanian Henrikas or Herkus.

The Old French form Henri and Middle French form Henry became popular in the British Isles, adopted in Middle English as Harry, Herry. Herry was adopted into Welsh as Perry; into Irish as Annraoi, Anraí, and Einrí; and into Scottish Gaelic as Eanraig, Eanruig.

In Southern Europe, variants without the initial "H" include Italian Arrigo, Enrico, and Enzo; Catalan language and Occitan Enric; and Spanish Enrique (whence Basque Endika).

A separate variant, which may have originated with the Old High German name Haimirich but was possibly conflated with the names Ermenrich (first element ermen "whole") or Amalric (first element amal "vigour, bravery"), is Emmerich. Emmerich is the origin of a separate suite of variant names used across Western and Central Europe, although these never rose to the ubiquity of the variants of Henry: English Emery, Amery, Emory; French Émeric, Aymeric; Hungarian Imre, Imrus; Slovak Imrich; Italian Amerigo; and Iberian (Portuguese, Spanish, Galician) Américo.

Feminine variants

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Several variants of Heinrich have given rise to derived feminine given names.[year needed] Low German Henrik, Hendrik gave rise to Henrike, Hendrike, Hendrikje, Hendrina, Henrika and others, Low German Heiko to Heike, Italian Enrico gave rise to Enrica, Spanish Enrique to Enriqueta, Enriquetta, Enriquette. French Henri gave rise to Henriette, Henrietta, further modified to Enrieta, Enrietta, English Harry to Harriet, Harriett, Harrietta, Harriette, hypocorisms Hattie, Hatty, Hettie, Etta, Ettie; various other hypocorisms include Hena, Henna, Henah, Heni, Henia, Henny, Henya, Henka, Dutch Jet, Jett, Jetta, Jette, Ina. In Polish Henryka, Henia, Heniusia, Henka, Henryczka, Henrysia, Rysia are attested.[citation needed] The hypocorisms Rika, Rike etc. may be from this or other names with the second element -ric. Spanish and Portuguese América from the Emmerich variant Amérigo .

Surnames

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Harrison, Henson, Harris, Heaney (Irish surname), Fitzhenry (Irish Hiberno-Norman surname), Heinz (German surname), Enríquez (Spanish surname), Henriques (Portuguese surname), Heney, Henney, Hendrick, Hendricks, Hinrichs, Hendrickx, Hendriks, Hendrikx, Hendrix, Hendryx, Henderson, Hendrickson, Henderickson.

In different languages

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  • Albanian: Enrik, Henri
  • Arabic: هنري (Hinri)
  • Afrikaans: Hendrik
  • Alemmanic: Hene, Heini, Heiri
  • Amharic: ሄንሪ (Hēnirī)
  • Armenian: Հենրի (Henri)
  • Basque: Endika
  • Bavarian: Heini, Heiner
  • Belarusian: Henryk
  • Breton: Herri
  • Bulgarian: Хенри (Henri)
  • Catalan: Enric
  • Chinese (Mandarin): 亨利 (Hēnglì)
  • Czech: Jindra, Jindřich
  • Danish: Henrik, Henrick, Hendrich, Henderich,
  • Dutch: Henk, Henrik, Henrick, Hendrich, Hendrik, Hendrick, Henderick
  • English: Henry, Hendrick, Hennie, Hendrie, Henderick, Henrie, Henny, Hen, Han, Hannie, Hanny, Hendry, Henk, Hein, Hank, Hankie, Heinz Hanky, Harry, Harrie, Hal, Handrick, Handerick, Rick, Ricky, Rickie, Rich, Henderson, Hendrickson, Henderickson, Henriette, Henrietta, Henrique, Hatty, Heinrich, Heinnie, Heinny, Hein, Ettie, Harriet, Harriette, Harrietta, Henky, Henkie, Henriet, Henrick, Henrich, Heina, Heindrick, Heinderick, Hendrich, Hetty, Hattie, Henderich, Heinderich, Hettie, Henricus, Henriquetta Henka, Henya, Hendricka, Hendericka, Henah, Heinderickhuson Hendricks, Hendericks, Henna, Hendrix, Henderix, Etta, Ette, Hendy, Hendie, Rijk, Henson, Hennah, Harrison, Harris, Henris, Henrison, Henrickus, Henrickas, Henning,
  • Estonian: Heiki, Hindrek, Indrek, Henri, Henrai, Henraiv, Raivo
  • Faroese: Heindrikur, Heinrikur
  • Finnish: Henri, Henrik, Heikki
  • French: Henri, Henry
  • Frisian: Hindrik
  • Galician: Henrique, Enrique
  • Georgian: ჰენრი (Henri), ანრი (Anri)
  • German: Heinrich, Henrich, Hinrich, Henrick, Heinz
  • Greek: Ερρίκος (Errikos)
  • Hawaiian: Hanalē, Henelē
  • Hebrew: הנרי (Henri)
  • Hungarian: Henrik
  • Icelandic: Hinrik, Henrý
  • Indonesian: Henry, Henri
  • Irish: Hanraí, Hamhrí, Anraí, Éinrí
  • Italian: Enrico, Arrigo
  • Japanese: ヘンリー (Henrī)
  • Korean: 헨리 (Henli)
  • Latin: Henricus, Henderickus, Hendrickus, Hendrikus,
  • Latvian: Henrijs, Henriks, Heinrihs, Henrihs, Hinrihs, Indriķis, Inds, Ints, Ingus, Inguss, Anrijs, Anrī
  • Lithuanian: Henris, Henrikas
  • Macedonian: Хенри (Henri)
  • Māori: Henare
  • Norwegian: Henry, Henrik
  • Northern Sami: Heandarat
  • Polish: Henryk
  • Portuguese: Henrique
  • Romanian: Henric
  • Russian: Генри (Genri), Генрих (Genrikh), Хенри (Henri), Хенрик (Henrik)
  • Samoan: Enele
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eanraig
  • Serbo-Croatian: Хенри (Henri), Henrik
  • Slovak: Henrich
  • Slovene: Henrik
  • Spanish: Enrique
  • Swedish: Henry, Henrik, Henrick
  • Tongan: Heneli
  • Thai: เฮนรี่ (eḥnrī̀)
  • Ukrainian: Генріх (Henrikh)
  • Vietnamese: Hieu - Hu
  • Welsh: Henry, Harri, Herri

People with the given name

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Royalty

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Byzantine Emperor
Holy Roman Emperors
Kings of England
Junior King of England
King of East Francia
Kings of France
Kings of Castile
King of Portugal
Others

Religious figures

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  • Henry Bretislaus, member of the Přemyslid dynasty, Bishop of Prague from 1182, then Duke of Bohemia as "Bretislaus III"
  • Henry Compton (bishop) (c. 1632–1713), Bishop of London during the Glorious Revolution
  • Henry Hochheimer (1818–1912), German-American rabbi
  • Henry J. Messing (1847–1913), German-American rabbi
  • Henry Oldenburg, German theologian, diplomat, natural philosopher, and creator of scientific peer review, one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century
  • Henry Zdik, Bishop of Olomouc, one of the principal commanders of the Wendish Crusade

Nobility

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Presidents and prime ministers

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  • Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime minister of Great Britain, one of the principal commanders of World War I
  • Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • Henry Pelham, British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death, one of the principal commanders of the War of the Austrian Succession and War of Jenkins' Ear
  • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century, one of the principal commanders of the Crimean War
  • Henry A. Wallace, American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 33rd Vice President of the United States, the 11th United States Secretary of Agriculture and the 10th United States Secretary of Commerce

Wartime figures and military leaders

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Politicians

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Film

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Music

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Scientists

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Businessmen

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  • Henry Bizot (1901–1990), French banker and first chairman of the Banque Nationale de Paris
  • Henry Canoy (1923–2008), Filipino businessman and founder of Radio Mindanao Network
  • Henry Cheng (born 1946), Hong Kong billionaire property developer
  • Henry Flagler (1830–1913), American tycoon, real estate promoter, and railroad developer, known as the father of Miami, Florida
  • Henry Fok (1923–2006), Hong Kong businessman
  • Henry Ford (1863–1947), American inventor, industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, and founder of Ford Motor Company
  • Henry Givens Burgess, Irish railway executive and politician
  • Henry J. Heinz, German entrepreneur and founder of Heinz Ketchup company
  • H. F. S. Morgan (1881–1959), English sports car manufacturer and founder and chairman of the Morgan Motor Company
  • Henry Sy (1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor, philanthropist and founder of SM Prime Holdings Inc.

Explorers

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  • Henry Hudson (born c. 1560s/70s), English sea explorer
  • Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460), responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents

Literary figures

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Criminals

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Artists

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Sportsmen

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Others

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Fictional characters

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Historische woordenboeken op internet (gtb.inl.nl)".
  2. ^ Van Den Reinaerde, Jacob Wijbrand Muller. p. 122 appendix. 'Ermerijc'.
  3. ^ The contribution of Haimirich, Haimrich is more significant than that of the (rarer) Haginrich, Hainrich: "In formen wie Hainrich u. s. w. fliessen die beiden namen Haimirich und Gaganrich anz in einander hinüber. Doch ist die erstere die hauptquelle unseres namens Heinrich. Von den beiden alten erklärungen desselben, = Hainreich und = daheim reich, kommt daher die zweite der wahrheit näher als die erste." E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856), 593, cf. "Heinrich", nordicnames.de.
  4. ^ The spelling Heinrich dates to the 11th century, alongside numerous variants (Heimirich, Heimarih, Heimeric, Haimrich, Heimrich, Heimrih, Hemerich, Hemric, Hemrich, Hemmerich, Aimirich, Heinrich Hinrich, Henric, Henrih, Ainrich, Enerich, Enrich etc.). E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856), p. 591.
  5. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Henry". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  6. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Harry". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  7. ^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  8. ^ "Names related to Henri". Behind the Name.
  9. ^ from an Old Norse *Heinrekr nordicnames.de
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