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Enrico
Say it: en-REE-koh
Meaning
From Germanic Heinrich, from haim 'home' and ric 'ruler'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 4,644 babies given this name since 1906
- At its height in 1921, about 1 in 11,500 boys
- 30 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Henry |
|---|---|
| German | Heinrich |
| French | Henri |
| Spanish | Enrique |
Famous bearers
- Enrico Caruso, tenor
- Enrico Fermi, physicist
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.