Henry
King
Henry VIII , arguably the best-known Henry in history.
Pronunciation Gender
Male
Name day July 13 Word/name
England Meaning Home ruler Ruler of (the) home Ruler of the homeland Related names
Heinrich ,
Heinz ,
Henrich ,
Hinrich ,
Hinnerk ,
Henning ,
Emerich ,
Emmerich (German)
Henrik ,
Henric (Scandinavian)
Henri ,
Aymeric (French)
Enrique ,
Americo (Spanish)
Enrico ,
Ennio ,
Amerigo (Italian)
Imre (Hungarian)
Hein ,
Hendrik ,
Hendric (Dutch)
Henrique (Portuguese)
Henryk (Polish)
Jindřich (Czech)
Hynek (Czech)
Genri,
Genrikh (Russian)
Enzo (Italian)
Heinrici ,
Henrici ,
Henricus (Latin)
Anry (Armenian)
Henrijs,
Ints ,
Ingus, Inguss ,
Indriķis ,
Indulis ,
Anrijs (Latvian)
Henrikas (Lithuanian)
Heiki ,
Indrek ,
Hindrek ,
Enn ,
Enno (Estonian)
Nicknames
Feminine forms
Henry is a
masculine
given name derived from
Old French Henri / Henry , itself derived from the
Old Frankish name Heimeric , from
Common Germanic *Haimarīks (from
*haima- "home" and *rīk- "ruler").
[1]
[2] In
Old High German , the name was conflated with the name Haginrich (from hagin "enclosure" and rich "ruler") to form
Heinrich .
[3]
The Old High German name is recorded from the 8th century, in the variants Haimirich, Haimerich, Heimerich, Hemirih .
[4]
Harry , its English short form, was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in
medieval England . Most English kings named Henry were called Harry . The name became so popular in
England that the phrase "
Tom, Dick, and Harry " began to be used to refer to men in general. The common English feminine forms of the name are
Harriet and
Henrietta . An Italian variant descended from the Old High German name,
Amerigo , was the source from which the continents of the
Americas were named .
It has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries for centuries. It was among the top 100 most popular names used for men born in the
United States ,
England and
Wales , and in
Australia in 2007. It was the 46th most common name for boys and men in the
United States in the 1990 census, and has ranked among the ten most popular names for American newborn boys in 2020.
[5] Harry, its short form, was the fifth most popular name for boys in
England and
Wales in 2007 and among the top 50 names in
Ireland ,
Scotland and
Northern Ireland in recent years. Harry was ranked as the 578th most popular name in the
United States in 2007.
[6] It is also in
use as a surname .
Masculine variants
In the
High Middle Ages , the name was Latinized as
Henricus . It was a royal name in
Germany ,
France and
England throughout the
high medieval period (
Henry I of Germany ,
Henry I of England ,
Henry I of France ) and widely used as a given name; as a consequence, many regional variants developed in the languages of Western and
Central Europe :
[7]
Within
German ,
Low German ,
Frisian and
Dutch , numerous diminutives and abbreviated forms exist, including
Low German ,
Dutch and
Frisian Heike , Heiko ;
Dutch Hein , Heintje ;
German Heiner , Heinz .
The original diphthong was lost in Dutch
Hendrik (hypocoristics Henk , Hennie , Rik ),
Scandinavian
Henrik
[8] (whence
Henning ).
Eastern European languages have developed native forms during the
medieval period under the influence of German and the
Scandinavian languages , hence
Polish
Henryk ,
Czech
Jindřich ,
Hynek .
Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian Henrik , Finnish Henrikki (hypocoristic Heikki ), and Lithuanian Henrikas or Herkus .
The Old French form
Henri / Middle French Henry became productive in the British Isles, in Middle English adopted as
Harry , Herry . Herry was adopted into Welsh as
Perry , into Irish as Annraoi, Anraí, Einrí and into Scottish Gaelic as Eanraig, Eanruig .
In Southern Europe variants without the initial H- include Italian Arrigo ,
Enrico , Catalan / Occitan Enric and Spanish
Enrique (whence Basque Endika ) and Italian Enzo .
A separate variant, which may originate with the Old High German name Haimirich , but possibly conflated with
the names Ermenrich (first element
ermen "whole") or Amalric (first element amal "vigour, bravery") is
Emmerich . Emmerich is the origin of a separate suit of variant names used across Western and Central Europe, although these never rose to the ubiquity of the variants of Henry ; they include English Emery, Amery, Emory , French Émeric / Aymeric , Hungarian
Imre , Imrus , Slovak Imrich , Italian Amerigo and Iberian (Portuguese, Spanish, Galician) Américo , etc. Hendick
Feminine variants
Several variants of Heinrich have given rise to derived feminine given names.[
year needed ]
Low German Henrik , Hendrik gave rise to Henrike, Hendrike, Hendrikje, Hendrina, Henrika and others, Low German Heiko to Heike , Italian Enrico gave rise to Enrica , Spanish Enrique to Enriqueta, Enriquetta, Enriquette . French Henri gave rise to
Henriette , Henrietta , further modified to Enrieta, Enrietta , English Harry to
Harriet , Harriett, Harrietta, Harriette , hypocorisms Hattie, Hatty, Hettie, Etta, Ettie ; various other hypocorisms include Hena, Henna, Henah, Heni, Henia, Henny, Henya, Henka, Dutch Jet, Jett, Jetta, Jette, Ina . In Polish Henryka, Henia, Heniusia, Henka, Henryczka, Henrysia, Rysia are attested.[
citation needed ] The hypocorisms Rika, Rike etc. may be from this or other names with the second element -ric . Spanish and Portuguese América from the Emmerich variant Amérigo .
Surnames
Harrison (surname),
Henson (surname),
Harris (surname),
Heaney (Irish surname),
Fitzhenry (Irish Hiberno-Norman surname),
Heinz (German surname),
Enríquez (Spanish surname),
Henriques (Portuguese surname),
Heney ,
Henney ,
Hendrick ,
Hendricks ,
Hinrichs ,
Hendrickx ,
Hendriks ,
Hendrikx ,
Hendrix ,
Hendryx
Henderson
Hendrickson
Henderickson
In different languages
Albanian : Enrik, Henri
Arabic : هنري (Hinri)
Afrikaans : Hendrik
Alemmanic : Hene, Heini, Heiri
Amharic : ሄንሪ (Hēnirī)
Armenian : Հենրի (Henri)
Basque : Endika
Bavarian : Heini, Heiner
Belarusian : Henryk
Breton : Herri
Bulgarian : Хенри (Henri)
Catalan : Enric
Chinese (Mandarin) : 亨利 (Hēnglì)
Croatian : Henri, Henrik
Czech : Jindra, Jindřich
Danish : Henrik, Henrick, Hendrich, Henderich,
Dutch : Henk, Henrik, Henrick, Hendrich, Hendrik, Hendrick, Henderick
English : Henry, Hendrick, Hennie, Hendrie, Henderick, Henrie, Henny, Hen, Han, Hannie, Hanny, Hendry, Henk, Hein, Hank, Hankie, Heinz Hanky, Harry, Harrie, Hal, Handrick, Handerick, Rick, Ricky, Rickie, Rich, Henderson, Hendrickson, Henderickson, Henriette, Henrietta, Henrique, Hatty, Heinrich, Heinnie, Heinny, Hein, Ettie, Harriet, Harriette, Harrietta, Henky, Henkie, Henriet, Henrick, Henrich, Heina, Heindrick, Heinderick, Hendrich, Hetty, Hattie, Henderich, Heinderich, Hettie, Henricus, Henriquetta Henka, Henya, Hendricka, Hendericka, Henah, Heinderickhuson Hendricks, Hendericks, Henna, Hendrix, Henderix, Etta, Ette, Hendy, Hendie, Rijk, Henson, Hennah, Harrison, Harris, Henris, Henrison, Henrickus, Henrickas, Henning,
Estonian : Heiki, Hindrek, Indrek, Henri, Henrai, Henraiv, Raivo
Faroese : Heindrikur, Heinrikur
Finnish : Henri, Henrik, Heikki
French : Henri, Henry
Frisian : Hindrik
Galician : Henrique, Enrique
Georgian : ჰენრი (Henri), ანრი (Anri)
German : Heinrich, Henrich, Hinrich, Henrick, Heinz
Greek : Ερρίκος (Errikos)
Hawaiian : Hanalē, Henelē
Hebrew : הנרי (Henri)
Hungarian : Henrik
Icelandic : Hinrik, Henrý
Irish : Hanraí, Hamhrí, Anraí, Éinrí
Italian : Enrico, Arrigo
Japanese : ヘンリー (Henrī)
Korean : 헨리 (Henli)
Latin : Henricus, Henderickus, Hendrickus, Hendrikus,
Latvian : Henrijs, Henriks, Heinrihs, Henrihs, Hinrihs, Indriķis, Inds, Ints, Ingus, Inguss, Anrijs, Anrī
Lithuanian : Henris, Henrikas
Macedonian : Хенри (Henri)
Māori : Henare
Norwegian : Henry, Henrik
Northern Sami : Heandarat
Polish : Henryk
Portuguese : Henrique
Romanian : Henric
Russian : Генри (Genri), Генрих (Genrikh), Хенри (Henri), Хенрик (Henrik)
Samoan : Enele
Scottish Gaelic : Eanraig
Serbian : Хенри (Henri)
Slovak : Henrich
Slovene : Henrik
Spanish : Enrique
Swedish : Henry, Henrik, Henrick
Tongan : Heneli
Thai : เฮนรี่ (eḥnrī̀)
Ukrainian : Генріх (Henrikh)
Vietnamese : Hải Lý
Welsh : Henry, Harri, Herri
People with the given name
Royalty
Kings of England
Junior King of England
Kings of Germany
Kings of France
Kings of Castile
King of Portugal
Byzantine Emperor
Others
Prince Harry (born 1984; formally Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex), British prince and military officer
Henry I the Bearded (c. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238), High Duke of Poland
Henry VII (died 1313), Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II the Pious ,
Duke of Silesia at
Wrocław and
Duke of Kraków ,
High Duke of all
Poland , and
Duke of Southern Greater Poland
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545–1567), king consort of
Scotland
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594–1612)
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584–1647), Stadtholder of Holland, one of the principal commanders of the
Dutch Revolt
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564–1614)
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester , third son and fourth child of
King George V and
Queen Mary , served as
Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947
Henry (son of Edward I)
Henry, Duke of Villena , Grand Master of the
Order of Santiago
Henry the Lion , Duke of Saxony and Duke of Bavaria, one of the principal commanders of the
Second Crusade ,
Wendish Crusade , and
Battle of Verchen
Religious figures
Henry Bretislaus , member of the Přemyslid dynasty, Bishop of Prague from 1182, then Duke of Bohemia as "Bretislaus III"
Henry Compton , Bishop of London during the
Glorious Revolution
Henry Oldenburg , German theologian, diplomat, natural philosopher, and creator of scientific
peer review , one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century
Henry Zdik , Bishop of Olomouc, one of the principal commanders of the
Wendish Crusade
Nobility
Henry de Audley (1175–1246), English baron
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834)
Henry de Bohun , medieval knight killed by King
Robert I of Scotland
Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526–1596)
Henry Dandolo (1107–1205), 41st
Doge of Venice , one of the principal commanders of the
Fourth Crusade ,
Battle of Adrianople (1205) ,
Sack of Constantinople ,
Siege of Constantinople (1203) and
Byzantine–Venetian war of 1171
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (c. 1310–1361), member of the English royal family, diplomat, politician, and soldier, one of the principal commanders of the
Hundred Years' War (1337–1360) ,
Battle of Bergerac ,
Battle of Auberoche and
Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), British Army officer and politician
Henry Light (1782/3–1870), Third governor of British Guiana
Henry Hotspur Percy , late-medieval English nobleman, one of the principal commanders of the
Battle of Homildon Hill ,
Battle of Otterburn and
Battle of Shrewsbury
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough
Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk , Dutch nobleman and military general
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573–1624)
Presidents and prime ministers
Herbert Henry Asquith , Prime minister of Great Britain, one of the principal commanders of
World War I
Henry Campbell-Bannerman , British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Henry Pelham , British Whig statesman, who served as
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death, one of the principal commanders of the
War of the Austrian Succession and
War of Jenkins' Ear
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston , British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century, one of the principal commanders of
Crimean War
Henry A. Wallace , American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 33rd
Vice President of the United States , the 11th
United States Secretary of Agriculture and the 10th
United States Secretary of Commerce
Wartime figures and military leaders
Henry Athukorale (1930-2019), Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer
Henry Bagenal (c. 1556–1598), marshal of the
Royal Irish Army , one of the principal commanders of the
Irish Nine Years' War and
Battle of the Yellow Ford
Henry Washington Benham , American general and civil engineer, one of the principal commanders of
Battle of Secessionville
Henry "Harry" Chauvel , senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, one of the principal commanders of
Sinai and Palestine campaign ,
Battle of Romani ,
Battle of Magdhaba ,
Battle of Beersheba (1917) ,
Battle of Sharon ,
Capture of Damascus and
Pursuit to Haritan
Henry Clay Jr. , American politician and soldier from Kentucky, one of the principal commanders of
Mexican-American War and
Battle of Buena Vista
Henry Crerar , senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's "leading field commander" in World War II, where he commanded the First Canadian Army, one of the principal commanders of the
Battle of the Scheldt
Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore , English-born soldier and statesman in 17th-century Ireland, founder of the city of
Derry , one of the principal commanders of the
Irish Nine Years' War
Henry Every (born c. 1653), British pirate
Henry Gurney , British colonial administrator, one of the principal commanders of the
Malayan Emergency
Henry Ruhl Guss (1825-1907), Union Army brevet Major General
Henry Hawley , British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century, one of the principal commanders of the
Battle of Falkirk Muir and
Jacobite rising of 1745
Henry Kent Hewitt , United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in north Africa and southern Europe through World War II, one of the principal commanders of
Operation Torch ,
Naval Battle of Casablanca ,
Battle of Gela (1943) and
Operation Dragoon
Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter , third director of the post–World War II
United States Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the third
Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and the first director of the
Central Intelligence Agency created by the
National Security Act of 1947
Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne (1861–1929), British military officer during World War I, one of the principal commanders of the
Battle of Arras (1917) and
Battle of Cambrai (1918)
Henry Jackson , Royal Navy officer, one of the principal commanders of the
U-boat Campaign (World War I)
Henry Kissinger (1923-2023), German-born American politician, one of the principal commanders of
Operation Freedom Deal and
Cambodian Civil War
Henry Louis Larsen (1890–1962), United States Marine Corps general,
Governor of American Samoa and
Governor of Guam
Henry Leach , British Royal Army officer, one of the principal commanders of
Falklands War
Henry Lukin , South African military commander
Henry Morris Naglee (1815-1886), Union Army brigadier general
Henry Perera (1930–2009), admiral and
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1979 to 1983
Henry Rathbone (1837–1911), American military officer and diplomat present during the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson (1864–1925), British General, commander of
British Indian Army , one of the principal commanders of
Battle of Rooiwal ,
Battle of Amiens (1918) ,
Battle of the Somme ,
Second Battle of the Somme and
Battle of St Quentin Canal
Henry Jenner Scobell , British military leader who served as the last officer in command of
Cape Colony before the formation of the
Union of South Africa , one of the principal commanders of the
Battle of Groenkloof
William Henry Hudson Southerland (1852–1933), American rear admiral, one of the principal commanders of the
United States occupation of Nicaragua
Henry Tandey , English soldier, most highly decorated private of World War I who supposedly spared
Adolf Hitler 's life during the war, recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the First World War
Henry Hugh Tudor , British soldier and officer during the Second Boer War and First World War, one of the principal commanders of the
Irish War of Independence
Sir
Henry Wells , a senior officer in the Australian Army, Chief of the General Staff from 1954 to 1958, one of the principal commanders of the
Malayan Emergency
Henry Tingle Wilde (1872–1912), chief officer of the
RMS Titanic
Henry Williams , leader of the
Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission in New Zealand in the first half of the 19th century and during the
Flagstaff War
Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864–1922), senior British Army staff officer during the First World War and Irish unionist politician
Henry Maitland Wilson , senior British Army officer of the 20th century, one of the principal commanders of
Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II ,
Balkans campaign (World War II) ,
Battle of Greece and
Operation Compass
Henry Wirz , Swiss-American officer of the Confederate States Army and a convicted war criminal, the commandant of the stockade of
Camp Sumter concentration camp
Politicians
Henry Abeywickrema (1905–1976), Sri Lankan Cabinet minister
Henry Addington (1757–1844), British statesman and
Prime Minister of United Kingdom , one of the principal commanders of the
French Revolutionary Wars
Henry Woodward Amarasuriya (1904–1981), Sri Lankan Cabinet minister, founding member of the
United National Party , educationist, philanthropist, and plantation owner
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst , British politician and
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Henry Bertram Price , Governor of Guam
Henry Givens Burgess , Irish railway executive and politician
Henry Francis Bryan (1865–1944), 17th
Governor of American Samoa
Henry Clay (1777–1852), American statesman, politician,
war hawk , presidential candidate, and founder of the
Whig Party
Henry De Mel (1877-1936), Sri Lankan Sinhala industrialist, lawyer, philanthropist, and member of the
Legislative Council of Ceylon
Henry S. Evans (1813-1872), American politician
Henry D. Gilpin (1801-1860), 14th Attorney General of the United States
Henry Goonesekera , Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the
2nd State Council of Ceylon
Henry Goulburn (1784–1856), British Conservative statesman and a member of the
Peelite faction after 1846
Henry Schell Hagert (1826-1885), District attorney for Philadelphia
James Henry Hammond (1807–1864), 60th governor of South Carolina
Henry Harcourt (1873–1933), British politician
Henry Kotelawala , Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
Henry Lamm (1846–1926), justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
Henry McMaster (born 1947), American politician
Henry Minor (1783–1839), justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
Henry Morgan (1635–1688), Welsh pirate, privateer, slaveholder, and
Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica , one of the principal commanders of the
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
Henry Paulson , American banker who served as the 74th
United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009
Henry Peiris (1910-1959), Sri Lankan Sinhala Marxist politician
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle , British politician and
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne , British statesman who served successively as the
fifth
Governor General of Canada ,
Viceroy of India ,
Secretary of State for War , and
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave , British politician and
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Henry Pollock , English barrister who became a prominent politician in Hong Kong, the attorney general of Hong Kong
Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870–1928), congressman from Illinois
Henry Thambiah (1906–1997), Sri Lankan Tamil academic, judge, and diplomat
Henry Lorensz Wendt (1858-1911), Sri Lankan
Burgher lawyer, judge, and legislator
Film
Henry , Indian producer
Henry Cavill (born 1983), British actor
Henry Czerny , Canadian film, stage, and television actor
Henry Daniell (1894–1963), English actor
Henry Fonda (1905–1982), American actor
Henry Golding (born 1987), British Malaysian actor
Henry Hathaway (1898–1985), American film director
Henry Hunter Hall (born 1997), American actor
Henry Jayasena (1931–2009), Sri Lankan actor in cinema, television, and theater
Henry King (1886–1982), American actor and film director
Henry Koster (1905–1988), German-American film director
Henry Roxby Beverley (1790–1863), English actor
Henry Selick (born 1952), American stop-motion film director
Henry B. Walthall (1878–1936), American actor
Henry Winkler (born 1945), American actor and producer
Music
Henry Brant (1913–2008) Canadian born American composer
Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell
Henry Jackman (born 1974), English composer
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr (1943-1997) known professionally as John Denver, American singer
Henry Krtschil (1932–2020), German composer
Henry Lau (born 1989), Canadian singer, musician, and actor
Henry Mancini (1924–1994), American composer
Henry Olmino (born 1974), American musician
Henry Purcell (1659–1695), English composer
Henry Rollins (born 1961), American singer
Henry Samuel (born 1963), British singer-songwriter known professionally as Seal
Scientists
Businessmen
Henry Bizot (1901–1990), French banker and first chairman of the
Banque Nationale de Paris
Henry Canoy (1923-2008), Filipino businessman and founder of
Radio Mindanao Network
Henry Cheng (born 1946), Hong Kong billionaire property developer
Henry Flagler (1830–1913), American tycoon, real estate promoter, and railroad developer, known as the father of
Miami, Florida
Henry Fok (1923–2006), Hong Kong businessman
Henry Ford (1863–1947), American inventor, industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, and founder of
Ford Motor Company
Henry Givens Burgess , Irish railway executive and politician
Henry J. Heinz , German entrepreneur and founder of
Heinz Ketchup company
H. F. S. Morgan (1881–1959), English sports car manufacturer and founder and chairman of the
Morgan Motor Company
Henry Sy (1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor, philanthropist and founder of
SM Prime Holdings Inc.
Explorers
Henry Hudson (born c. 1560s/70s), English sea explorer
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460), responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents
Literary figures
Ralph Henry Barbour , American novelist
Henry G. Brinton (born 1960), American author and pastor, a contributor to the Washington Post and USA Today
Henry James (1843–1916), American author
Henry Charles Lea (1825-1909), American historian
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), American poet
Henry Miller (1891–1980), American writer
Henry Peterson (1818-1891), American editor, novelist, poet and playwright
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), American author
Criminals
Artists
Henry Ward Ranger (1858–1916), American artist
John Henry Lorimer , Scottish painter
Henry Moore (1898–1986), English sculptor and artist
Henry Orth (1866–1946), American architect
Henry Parayre (1879–1970), French sculptor
Henry Payne , British stained glass artist, watercolourist and painter of frescoes
Henry Richardson (born 1961), American sculptor
Henry Strater (1896–1987) American painter, and
illustrator
Henry Ossawa Tanner , American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim
Sportsmen
Henry "Hank" Aaron (1934–2021), American baseball player
Henry Austin (baseball) (1844–1904), American baseball player
Henry Adrian Austin (born 1972), Barbadian cricketer
Henry Fitzherbert Austin (1874–1957), Barbadian cricketer
Henry Bibby (born 1949), American basketball player
Henry Cárdenas (born 1965), Colombian road cyclist
Henry Cejudo (born 1987), American mixed martial artist and UFC Flyweight Champion
Henry Collins (boxer) (born 1977), Australian boxer
Henry Cooper (1934–2011), British boxer, British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champion in 1970
Henry Duhamel (1853–1917), French mountaineer, author, and skiing pioneer
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player nicknamed "The Iron Horse"
Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), American hall of fame baseball player
Henry Hynoski (born 1988), American football player
Henry Hynoski Sr. (born 1953), American football player
Henry Marsh (runner) (born 1954), American long-distance runner
Henry Maske (born 1964), German boxer
Henry Menzies (1867–1938), Scottish rugby union player
Henry Mondeaux (born 1995), American football player
Henry Obst (1906–1975), American football player
Henry Orth (American football) (1897–1980), American football player
Henry Prusoff (1912–1943), American professional tennis player
Henry Ruggs (born 1999), American football player
Henry Schichtle (born 1941), American football player
Henry Speight (born 1988), Australian rugby union player
Henry Surtees (1991–2009), British racing driver
Henry Sugut (born 1985), Kenyan long-distance runner
Henry To'oTo'o (born 2001), American football player
Others
Henry Allingham (1896–2009), briefly the world's oldest man
Henry L. Bachman (born 1930), American electrical engineer
H. Parrott Bacot (born Henry Parrott Bacot; 1941–2020), art historian and museum director
Henry Adams Bellows , newspaper editor and radio executive
Henry Engelbert (1826–1901), German-American architect
Henry Louis Gates Jr. , American literary critic, professor, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the
Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at
Harvard University
Henry Alfred Ian Goonetilleke , Sri Lankan Sinhala library director at the
University of Peradeniya and scholar
Henry Wilson Hodge (1865-1919), American civil engineer
Henry Kelly (born 1946), Irish television presenter and radio DJ
Henry George , American political economist and journalist
Henry Goddard Leach (1880–1970), American Scandinavian studies scholar
Henry Mayhew , English social researcher, journalist, playwright, and reform advocate
Henry More , English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school
Henry Newman , British political adviser
Henry Omaga-Diaz (born 1961), Filipino journalist, news anchor, and radio newscaster
Henry F. Pulitzer (1899–1979), Austrian-born publisher and art collector
Henry Winthrop Sargent (1810–1882), American horticulturist
Henry Thomas Silcock (1882–1969), English Quaker missionary
Henry N. Tisdale (born 1944), American academic administrator, educator, and mathematician
Henry Augustus Pearson Torrey (1837–1902), American professor of philosophy
Fictional characters
Henry of Skalitz, the main protagonist from the medieval open-world videogame
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Henry, a
green
lizard character from the 1996 animated TV series
Amazing Animals
Henry Branwell, a character from
The Infernal Devices , part of
The Shadowhunter Chronicles by
Cassandra Clare
Henery Hawk ,
Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes character
Henry and Orville, the second pair of ghosts who Luigi encounters in
Luigi's Mansion
Henry, a character from the television show
KaBlam!
Henry, a character from the animated series
Oswald
Henry, a persona or character from
John Berryman 's
The Dream Songs
Henry, a playable dark mage in the 2012 game
Fire Emblem Awakening
Henry, the main protagonist of the 2015 film
Hardcore Henry
Henry , a character from the 2008 video game
No More Heroes
Henry the Octopus , a character from
The Wiggles
Henry (comic) , a comic character that began in 1932
Henry the Green Engine , a steam locomotive from
The Railway Series of books by
Reverend W. Awdry
Henry I , another character from the television series Once Upon a Time
Uncle Henry , character from
the Oz books by
L. Frank Baum
Horrid Henry , fictional character from the eponymous children's comedy television show
Henry Baker, a character from the 2003 film
Cheaper by the Dozen and
its sequel
Henry Bennett, the main character in American author
Mark Twain 's 1889 novel
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake , a character in the M*A*S*H
novels ,
film , and
television series
Henry Bowers, a character from
Stephen King 's novel
It
Henry Deaver, protagonist of the
Castle Rock television series inspired by the
Stephen King novels
Henry Desmond, a character in the American television sitcom
Bosom Buddies
Henry Clerval, character from
Frankenstein by
Mary Shelley
Henry Crabbe, main character of the series
Pie in the Sky
Henry Creel, main antagonist of
Netflix Sci-fi drama series
Stranger Things
Henry Deacon , fictional character from the television series
Eureka
Henry "Hank" Daughtry, fictional character from the video game
Infamous Second Son
Henry Emily, a major character and the creator/owner of Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria in the
Five Nights at Freddy's horror game franchise
Henry Francis, a character from the American television series
Mad Men
Henry Forman, a character from
Marvin Marvin
Henry Gupta, character from the James Bond film
Tomorrow Never Dies
Henry Hart, a character from
Henry Danger
Henry Higgins, a major character in
George Bernard Shaw 's play
Pygmalion and also in the musical adaptation
My Fair Lady
Henry Huggins , a character created by
Beverly Cleary
Henry Hugglemonster, a character from
Henry Hugglemonster
Henry Jekyll, title character in the
Robert Louis Stevenson novel
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Henry/
Hank Jennings , a character from the television series
Twin Peaks
Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr. (
Indiana Jones ), the title character and the protagonist of the
Indiana Jones franchise
Henry Keddys, minor character in
Chris Lilley 's mockumentary series
Angry Boys
Henry Legolant, a character from the anime
Black Clover
Henry Masterson, a supervillain from
Transformers Animated
Henry "Hank" MacDougall (played by
Fred Willard ), the pious father-in-law of Robert Barone, from the sitcom
Everybody Loves Raymond
Dr. Henry McCord, character from the television series
Madam Secretary
Henry Mills , a primary character from the television series
Once Upon a Time
Henry "Hank" Moody , protagonist of the Showtime television series
Californication
Henry F. Potter, the main villain from
It's a Wonderful Life
Henry Pym (a.k.a. Ant Man, Giant Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe
Henry Rearden , steelmaker from the Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
Henry Townshend , main protagonist in the video game Silent Hill 4
Mr. Henry J. Waternoose III , a
company president ,
CEO , character and the secondary main antagonist voiced by
James Coburn in the 2001
Disney /
Pixar
animated film
Monsters, Inc.
Henry "Hank" Voight , a main character from the television series
Chicago P.D.
Lord Henry Wotton, character from
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Henry Rush, the main character played by
Ted Knight in the American sitcom television series
Too Close for Comfort
Henry Shoop, a character in the 1990 American action comedy movie
Kindergarten Cop
Henry Sikorsky, a character played by
Christopher Lloyd in the 1989 American comedy movie
The Dream Team
Henry Stein, the main protagonist of
Bendy and the Ink Machine and supporting characters in
Bendy and the Dark Revival
Henry Stickmin, a title character from the video game The Henry Stickmin Collection
Henry Tomasino, soldato from the Clemente crime family and secondary character from
Mafia II and Mafia II Mobile, part of the
Mafia (series)
Henry Warnimont, a character in the television sitcom
Punky Brewster
Henry "Hank" Zipzer, character from the television series
Hank Zipzer
Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, a character from the novel
Red, White & Royal Blue (Henry Hanover-Stuart-Fox in the adapted film)
Henry, a
character in The Walking Dead TV series
Other uses
Names with a similar meaning
The names second element, *Rīk, can also be found in names:
Other names also meaning "ruler", "power", "king", "lord":
See also
Notes
^
"Historische woordenboeken op internet (gtb.inl.nl)" .
^ Van Den Reinaerde, Jacob Wijbrand Muller. p. 122 appendix. 'Ermerijc'.
^ The contribution of Haimirich, Haimrich is more significant than that of the (rarer) Haginrich, Hainrich :
"In formen wie Hainrich u. s. w. fliessen die beiden namen Haimirich und Gaganrich anz in einander hinüber. Doch ist die erstere die hauptquelle unseres namens Heinrich. Von den beiden alten erklärungen desselben, = Hainreich und = daheim reich, kommt daher die zweite der wahrheit näher als die erste." E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856),
593 , cf.
"Heinrich", nordicnames.de .
^ The spelling Heinrich dates to the 11th century, alongside numerous variants (Heimirich, Heimarih, Heimeric, Haimrich, Heimrich, Heimrih, Hemerich, Hemric, Hemrich, Hemmerich, Aimirich, Heinrich Hinrich, Henric, Henrih, Ainrich, Enerich, Enrich etc.). E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856),
p. 591 .
^ Campbell, Mike.
"Henry" . Behind the Name . Retrieved 2013-10-11 .
^ Campbell, Mike.
"Harry" . Behind the Name . Retrieved 2013-10-11 .
^
"Names related to Henri" . Behind the Name .
^ from an Old Norse
*Heinrekr
nordicnames.de