Name

Name HENRY

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 829,298 births of Henry in the countries below, which represents an average of 5,966 births of children bearing the first name Henry per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 17,215 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Henry
In Italiano

Nome Henry

Available variant : Hénry

Information about the first name Henry

The first name Henry is listed in our categories :

Icelandic names (boys)
Henry
Names of Stargate SG-1 characters
Henry

The first name Henry has been assigned to:

99.75% to boys
0.25% to girls

The country where the first name Henry is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Henry

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Henry : Ehryn, Erhyn, Erynh, Nerhy, Reyhn, Rhyen

Henry in Japanese ^*

Romaji	henrii
Katakana	ヘンリー
Hiragana	へんりー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Henry in binary language

01101000 01100101 01101110 01110010 01111001

Origin and meaning of name Henry

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich and Dutch Henrik, Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).

Etymology

Named after the American scientist Joseph Henry.

Etymology

From Henry the Third

Etymology

From Henry the Eighth

Etymology (Noun)

henry (plural henries or henrys)
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

Etymology (Noun)

henry (plural henries)
(Britain, slang) A turd.

Etymology (Noun)

henry (plural henries)
(Britain, slang) A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce.

Anagrams

Rhyne, rhyne, yrneh

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈhɛn.ɹi/

French

Noun

henry m (plural henrys)
(sciences) henry

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʁi/

Pronunciation

(aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʁi/

Proper noun

Henry m
A patronymic surname.
A male given name, a less common spelling of Henri.

General

Etymology (Proper noun)

Henry
An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó hInneirghe (“descendant of Inneirghe”).
An Irish patronymic surname, an alternate anglicization of Mac Éinrí, Mac Hannraoi, Mac Annraoi (“son of Henry”) (McHenry)

Hungarian

Noun

henry (plural henryk)
henry (SI unit for electrical inductance)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ ˈhɛnri]
Hyphenation: hen‧ry
Rhymes: -ri

Middle French

Proper noun

Henry
A male given name

Portuguese

Noun

henry m (plural henrys or henries)
henry (SI unit for electrical inductance)

Swedish

Proper noun

Henry c (genitive Henrys)
A male given name borrowed from English.

Finnish

Noun

henry
henry (unit of inductance)

Danish

Proper noun

Henry
A male given name borrowed from English.

German

Proper noun

Henry m (genitive Henrys)
A male given name borrowed from English.

Popularity of the name Henry

Number of HENRY births per year

Popularity of the name Henry

Total births of Henry by country

		Births with the first name Henry
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2019	699,913 1,937
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2019	51,923 0
	Ontario 1913 - 2018	13,287 0
	Australia 1944 - 2019	13,039 0
	France 1900 - 2019	11,663 22
	New Zealand 1900 - 2019	11,184 0
	Brazil 1930 - 2010	6,678 50
	British Columbia 1919 - 2019	3,629 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2019	2,754 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2019	2,346 0
	Germany 2000 - 2018	2,059 48
	Norway 1945 - 2019	1,856 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2019	1,693 0
	Switzerland 1912 - 2019	1,644 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	789 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2019	691 0
	Austria 1984 - 2018	519 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2019	514 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2019	374 0
	Poland 2000 - 2019	244 0
	New Scotland 1920 - 2019	190 0
	Italy 1999 - 2018	185 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	45 0
	Portugal 2014 - 2019	22 0

Popularity of the name Henry

Total births of Henry by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Henry
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 2019	10,704 0
	United Kingdom 2019	3,012 0
	Australia 2019	864 0
	Brazil 2010	429 5
	Ontario 2018	415 0
	Sweden 2019	340 0
	Germany 2018	311 1
	British Columbia 2019	149 0
	New Zealand 2019	149 0
	Alberta 2019	141 0
	Switzerland 2019	130 0
	France 2019	89 0
	Norway 2019	87 0
	Ireland 2019	83 0
	Quebec 2019	72 0
	Austria 2018	71 0
	Denmark 2019	43 0
	Belgium 2019	40 0
	New Scotland 2019	35 0
	Poland 2019	24 0
	Italy 2018	15 0
	Argentina 2015	3 0
	Czechoslovakia 2016	3 0

Comments on the name Henry

Personalities with the first name Henry

There are 1412 personalities with the first name Henry

Bill Gates (William Henry Gates Iii)

United states of america
Financier Programmer Philanthropist Bridge player Actor Computer scientist Entrepreneur Inventor Investor

Henry Ford

United states of america
Writer Engineer Politician Entrepreneur Inventor Business magnate Journalist Industrialist Racing automobile driver Peace activist

William Henry Harrison

United states of america
Statesperson Politician Military officer

Henry David Thoreau (David Henry Thoreau)

United states of america
Naturalist Writer Poet Translator Author Autobiographer Diarist Philosopher Essayist Ecologist Abolitionist

Henry Kissinger (Heinz Alfred Kissinger)

United states of america Germany
Writer Politician Entrepreneur Diplomat Pedagogue Political scientist Autobiographer

Henri Viii

Kingdom of england
Monarch Composer

Henry Longfellow

United states of america
Writer Poet Professor Translator Novelist

Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene)

United kingdom
Screenwriter Writer Playwright Journalist Children's writer Novelist Autobiographer

Thomas Henry Huxley

United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Photographer Naturalist Writer Translator Biologist Paleontologist Physiologist Zoologist Ichthyologist Anthropologist Philosopher Anatomist Linguist Carcinologist

Henry Dunant

Switzerland France
Writer Entrepreneur

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Henry
Full list of personalities with the first name Henry

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Henry

There are 2421 actors and actresses with the first name Henry

Henry Littell

Henry Horn

Henry Stange

Henry Raven

Henry W. Smith

Henry Hodges

Henry Bernsen

Henry Durham

Henry The Iii

Henry Rabe

Henry Monfries

Henry Hopper

Henry J. Deutschendorf Ii

Henry Mortensen

Henry Lawrence

Henry Cejudo

Henry Alexander

Henry Dizon

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Henry Montgomery

Henry Zebrowski

Henry Cavill

Henry Jaderlund

Henry Alberto

Henry William Galpin

Henry Feagins

Henry Van Loon

Henry Darke

Henry Dankwa

Henry Douthwaite

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Henry
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Rankings of first name HENRY by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#7	Australia	2019
#11	New Scotland	2019
#11	British Columbia	2019
#12	United State of America	2019
#12	United Kingdom	2019
#16	Alberta	2019
#19	Ontario	2018
#20	Germany	2018
#20	New Zealand	2019
#31	Sweden	2019
#52	Switzerland	2019
#83	Ireland	2019
#83	Norway	2019
#103	Quebec	2019
#106	Austria	2018
#146	Denmark	2019
#216	Poland	2019
#289	Belgium	2019
#307	Brazil	2010
#377	Czechoslovakia	2016
#556	France	2019
#649	Italy	2018
#730	Argentina	2015