Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Heinrich

HINE-rikh · 8 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Home ruler (Henry)
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
royal · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#4104
2024 births26
Peak year2024
First appeared1956
Total US births506
2024 peak19561973199020072024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
HeineHeinz
Alternate spellings
HinrichHeinrick
In other languages
Heinrich (German)Henry (English)Henri (French)Enrique (Spanish)Henrik (Scandinavian)

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