Henrietta - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Henrietta \

is pronounced hen-ree-ET-ah. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "home ruler". Feminine form of Henry. More formal version of Harriet.

Henrietta has 26 variant forms: Enrichetta, Enrichette, Enriqueta, Etta, Ettie, Etty, Hatsie, Hatsy, Hattie, Hatty, Heike, Hendrika, Henia, Henie, Henka, Hennie, Henrie, Henrieta, Henriette, Henrika, Henryetta, Hetta, Hette, Hettie, Yetta and Yettie.

For more information, see also related names Kiki and Nettie.

A baby name that sounds like Henrietta is Honorata.

Henrietta is a very common first name for women (#447 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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