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Boy · Germanic
Henryk
Say it: HEN-rihk
Meaning
Polish form of Henry, from Germanic heim 'home' and rihhi 'ruler'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Borne by Silesian Piasts and common until the mid-20th century; rare for babies now.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 293 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 47,000 boys
- 30 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- 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
| Czech | Jindřich |
|---|---|
| German | Heinrich |
Famous bearers
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish Nobel laureate
- Henry the Pious (Henryk Pobożny), Duke of Silesia
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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.