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Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Henrik

HEN-rik · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Home ruler
Language
Old German
Culture
Scandinavian/Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
royal · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#917
2024 births252
Peak year2018
First appeared1935
Total US births4,018
2018 peak19351957198020022024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Hen
Alternate spellings
HenrykHenrick
In other languages
Henrik (Scandinavian)Henryk (Polish)Heinrich (German)Henri (French)

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Notable people named Henrik

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