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What does Henry mean?
Henry 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced HEN-ree. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Henry is "home leader". From Haimric, derived from haim meaning "home" and rîc meaning "power, ruler". The original English form was Harry, and in the 17th century, Henry become the standard form due to the influence of the Latin form Henricus and French Henri. Norman name that is a favored royal name (for eight kings) of England and France. Explorer Henry Hudson; actor Henry Fonda; author Henry James; poet Henry James; poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; artists Henri Matisse, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Rousseau; playwright Henrik Ibsen; singer Enrique Iglesias.
ASSOCIATED WITH home, leader, power, 17th century, norman, england
Variations
VARIANTS Anrai, Arrigo, Eanraig, Einri, Enrico, Enrikos, Enrique, Enzio, Enzo▲, Hal▼, Hank▲, Harri, Harry▼, Heike, Heiko, Hein, Heindrick, Heindrik, Heiner, Heinrich, Heinrick, Heinrik, Heinz, Hendrick, Hendrik, Henerik, Henk, Henning, Henri, Henrik▲, Henrique, Henryk, Heriot, Herrior, Hinrich, Rico
SEE ALSO Amerigo, Emery, Heimrich, Kendrick
FEMININE FORMS Enrica, Hallie, Harriet, Henrietta, Kendra
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Heury, ..
(female) Henha, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Henry Shaun (H.S.), ..
How popular is Henry?
Henry is a very popular first name for men (#46 out of 1220, Top 4%) and also a very popular last name for both adults and children (#142 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Henry entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its highest position of #8 in the U.S. then, and is at #16 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Henry (#16 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) rated in the Top 2000 are Enzo (#228), Kendrick (#418), Hank (#457), Enrique (#477), Harry (#620), Henrik (#748), Emery (#769), Rico (#1353), Henri (#1464), Hendrick (#1969), Amerigo, Enrico and Hal. These forms of Henry were popular as baby names 138 years ago (AVERAGE #1351) and have become much less widespread since (#1037, ▼79.9%), with versions such as Henry becoming somewhat dated. Enzo, Hank, Henrik and Kendrick are four of the more fashionable baby names in this list.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Berry▼, Derry, Geary, Gentry, Gerry▼, Gery, Hanly, Hany, Hearn, Hedly (see Hedley), Henley, Herb, Hern, Hernly, Herv (see Harvey), Hewney, Horry, Jefry, Jerry▼, Keary, Kerry▼, Leary, Perry▼ and Terry▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Henry.
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