Henry comes from Germanic given name Heimirich meaning “home ruler” from Germanic elements heim (home) and ric (power, rule). It’s also a surname derived form the given name. Shakespeare wrote several historical plays about King Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI of England.
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Heimirich (Ancient Germanic)
- Heinrich (Ancient Germanic, German)
- Henricus (Dutch, Latinized Ancient Germanic)
- Henrik (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Armenian)
- Endika (Basque)
- Enric (Catalan)
- Jindřich (Czech)
- Herry (Medieval English)
- Harry (English)
- Harri (Welsh, Finnish)
- Henri (French, Finnish)
- Henrikki (Finnish)
- Heikki (Finnish)
- Anri (Georgian)
- Hinrik (Icelandic)
- Anraí (Irish)
- Einrí (Irish)
- Enrico (Italian)
- Arrigo (Italian)
- Rico (Italian)
- Henrikas (Lithuanian)
- Henryk (Polish)
- Enrique (Spanish)
- Henrique (Portuguese)
- Eanraig (Scottish)
- Hendry (Scottish)
- Henrich (Slovak)
Female forms:
- Henrietta (English, Hungarian, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch)
- Henriette (French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, English)
- Henriëtte (Dutch)
- Harriet (English)
- Harriett (English)
- Harriette (English)
- Harrietta (English)
- Henrike (German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)
- Hendrika (Dutch)
- Hendrina (Dutch)
- Henriikka (Finnish)
- Enrica (Italian)
