Hendrick

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Boy · Germanic, through Dutch

Hendrick

Say it: HEN-drik

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Meaning

Dutch form of Henry, from Germanic haim 'home' and ric 'ruler'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Very common among the settlers of New Netherland and their descendants.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

1,244 babies given this name since 1918
At its height in 2017, about 1 in 20,500 boys
81 babies in 2020

Through the ages

The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Hendrik

English	Henry
German	Heinrich
French	Henri

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Where this comes from

Colonial records of the Americas
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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