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Hendrik
Say it: HEN-drik
Meaning
From Germanic heim 'home' and ric 'ruler, power'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A staple Dutch name for centuries.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,113 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 20,300 boys
- 84 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
Other spellings: Henk
| French | Henri |
|---|---|
| English | Henry |
| German | Heinrich |
Famous bearers
- Hendrik Lorentz, physicist
- Hendrik Conscience, Flemish novelist
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Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- 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.