Name
HENRY

Name HENRY

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 888,409 births of Henry in the countries below, which represents an average of 6,256 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 24,275 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 :The first name Henry has been assigned to:
99.77% to boys
0.23% to girls
The country where the first name Henry is the most common is:
US 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 *

Romajihenrii
Katakanaヘンリー
Hiraganaへんりー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Henry in Japanese
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Henry in sign language

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Henry in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Henry

US English
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
  • Named after the American scientist Joseph Henry.
Etymology src :
  • Rhyming slang, from Henry the Third
Etymology src :
  • From Henry the Eighth.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • Henry (plural Henries)
  • (UK) Ellipsis of Henry hoover; a common brand of vacuum cleaner.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • 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 (Alternative forms) src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • henry (plural henries)
  • (Britain, slang) A turd.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • henry (plural henries)
  • (Britain, slang) A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce.
Anagrams src :
  • Rhyne, rhyne, yrneh
Noun src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛn.ɹi/
Noun (See also) src :
FR French
Noun src :
  • henry m (plural henrys)
  • (sciences) henry
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʁi/
Pronunciation src :
  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʁi/
Proper noun src :
General
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Henry
  • A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó hInneirghe (“descendant of Inneirghe”).
  • A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac Éinrí, Mac Hannraoi, Mac Annraoi (“son of Henry”) (McHenry)
ES Spanish
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Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈxenri/ [ˈxẽn.ri]
  • Rhymes: -enri
  • Syllabification: Hen‧ry
Proper noun src :
HU Hungarian
Noun src :
  • henry (plural henryk)
  • henry (SI unit for electrical inductance)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛnri]
  • Hyphenation: hen‧ry
  • Rhymes: -ri
Middle French
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PT Portuguese
Noun src :
  • henry m (plural henrys or henries)
  • henry (SI unit for electrical inductance)
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • Named after American scientist Joseph Henry.
Noun src :
  • henry c (abbreviated H)
  • henry (unit of inductance)
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RO Romanian
Etymology src :
Noun src :
  • henry m (uncountable)
  • (sciences) henry
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
Noun src :
  • henry
  • henry (unit of inductance)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈhenry/, [ˈhe̞nry]
  • IPA(key): /ˈhenri/, [ˈhe̞nri]
  • Rhymes: -enry
  • Syllabification(key): hen‧ry
DK Danish
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DE German
Noun src :
  • Henry n (strong, genitive Henry, plural Henry)
  • (physics) henry (unit of electrical inductance)
Proper noun src :
 

Popularity of the name Henry

Number of HENRY births per year

Popularity of the name Henry
Popularity of the name Henry

Total births of Henry by country

Births with the first name Henry
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
733,415
1,937
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
57,703
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
17,421
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
13,733
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
13,008
50
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
11,905
22
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
11,569
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
5,480
54
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
3,988
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
3,771
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
2,547
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
2,147
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
2,116
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
1,913
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
890
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
846
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
789
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
674
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
637
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
500
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
320
0
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
303
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
256
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
233
0
CASKSaskatchewan
2013 - 2022
81
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
45
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
31
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
22
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
3
0
Popularity of the name Henry

Total births of Henry by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Henry
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
11,221
0
BRBrazil
2022
6,330
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
2,912
0
AUAustralia
2022
1,323
0
DEGermany
2022
509
1
ONOntario
2019
446
0
SESweden
2022
325
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
144
0
ABAlberta
2022
136
0
ATAustria
2021
130
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
130
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
114
0
NONorway
2022
107
0
FRFrance
2022
94
0
IEIreland
2022
72
0
QCQuebec
2022
65
0
BEBelgium
2022
44
0
NSNew Scotland
2022
37
0
DKDenmark
2022
35
0
NLNetherlands
2022
31
0
PLPoland
2022
30
0
CLChili
2021
17
0
ITItaly
2021
16
0
ARArgentina
2015
3
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
3
0

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Personalities with the first name Henry

There are 1887 personalities with the first name Henry

Bill Gates (William Henry Gates Iii) src

United states of america
Entrepreneur Programmer Philanthropist

Henry Ford src

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

William Henry Harrison src

United states of america
Politician Military officer Diplomat Statesperson

Henry David Thoreau (David Henry Thoreau) src

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

Henry Kissinger (Heinz Alfred Kissinger) src

United states of america Germany
Writer Businessperson Politician Entrepreneur Diplomat Pedagogue International forum participant Political scientist Autobiographer

Henry Longfellow src

United states of america
Writer Poet Professor Translator Novelist

Henri Viii src

Kingdom of england
Monarch Composer

Graham Greene src

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

Thomas Henry Huxley src

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

Henry Dunant src

Switzerland France
Writer Entrepreneur Merchant Organizational founder


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 2722 actors and actresses with the first name Henry
Henry Samiri
Henry Littell
Henry Frontini
Henry Horn
Henry Stange
Henry Raven
Henry W. Smith
Henry Nott
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

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Henry
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Henry

Rankings of first name HENRY by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#5NS New Scotland2022
#5AU Australia2022
#7US United State of America2022
#9AB Alberta2022
#10GB United Kingdom2021
#12BC British Columbia2022
#15ON Ontario2019
#18NZ New Zealand2022
#31BR Brazil2022
#32SE Sweden2022
#55CH Switzerland2021
#62NO Norway2022
#69AT Austria2021
#87IE Ireland2022
#106QC Quebec2022
#129DE Germany2022
#164DK Denmark2022
#235PL Poland2022
#251BE Belgium2022
#358CL Chili2021
#377CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#496NL Netherlands2022
#523FR France2022
#556IT Italy2021
#730AR Argentina2015
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#11812DE Germany2022
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