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Henry
say it hen-ree
What Henry means
- English and Germanic home ruler; eight English kings
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 13 countries.
Its use is rising over the last ten years.
- no. 3 in Australia (2024)
- no. 7 in the US (2024)
- no. 9 in Germany (2022)
- no. 13 in England & Wales (2024)
- no. 19 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 27 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 31 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 33 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
In the United States it was most popular around 1880.
Other forms
Henri, Heinrich, Hendrik, Enrique, Harry
Names with a similar meaning
Harry Xavier Colton Weston Easton Ashton Javier Henrik Henrique Tatum Henri Graham
Henry in stories
- Northanger Abbey: Henry Tilney, the teasing clergyman Catherine loves
- Henry V: Henry V, Shakespeare's warrior king of Agincourt
- Stranger Things: Henry Creel, the boy who becomes Vecna