Henri

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Boy · Germanic, through French

Henri

Say it: ahn-REE

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Meaning

From Germanic heim 'home' and ric 'ruler, power'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A royal name of France that has come back into fashion.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

5,339 babies given this name since 1885
At its height in 2019, about 1 in 13,700 boys
99 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Henry
Dutch	Hendrik
German	Heinrich
Italian	Enrico

Famous bearers

Henri IV, king of France
Henri Matisse, painter

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HenriettaGirlFeminine diminutive of Henry, from Germanic heim 'home' and ric 'ruler'.Renaissance · peak 1892

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.