Girl · Germanic, through French
Henrietta
Say it: hen-ree-ET-uh
Meaning
Feminine diminutive of Henry, from Germanic heim 'home' and ric 'ruler'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Came to England with Henrietta Maria of France in the 17th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 51,006 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1892, about 1 in 501 girls
- 72 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Hetty, Etta
| French | Henriette |
|---|---|
| German | Henriette |
| Dutch | Henriëtte |
| Italian | Enrichetta |
| Spanish | Enriqueta |
Famous bearers
- Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I
- Henrietta Lacks, source of the HeLa cell line
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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