Given name
Enric
“home”·“power”·“ruler”
Enric is a form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.” Enric is a variant of Enrique. One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Enric is a form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.” Enric is a variant of Enrique. One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Enric is a form of Henry. Henry is an English form of a Continental Germanic name introduced to Britain by the Normans.
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How it developed
Enric is a form of Henry. The shared background comes through Henry: Henry’s Germanic elements are haim and ric. In England, Henry became the standard everyday form over Harry in the seventeenth century, influenced by Latin Henricus and French Henri.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Enric is a form of Henry. The history of Henry gives this family its wider story. Henry was borne by eight kings of England, and related forms were used by rulers elsewhere in Europe. That repeated royal use helped give the name a lasting place in several naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Enric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Enric’s family of names
Enric shares a linguistic root with Henry. Enric has a related form in Enrique. Enric is a form of Henry.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Enric has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Henrycognate · English
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- Henrikequivalent
- Harrisequivalent
- HenriFrench
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- Hendrikequivalent
- HenriquePortuguese
- HenrykPolish
- EnricoItalian
- HeinrichGerman
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Eirikequivalent
- Erykequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Éricequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
- Henkleequivalent
- Henkeequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Ericusequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- Hinnerkequivalent
- Henricusequivalent
- ΕρρίκοςGreek
- HenricoPortuguese
- JindřichCzech
People named Enric
- Enric Prat de la RibaSpanish politician (1870-1917)
- Enric MasSpanish cyclistborn 1995
- Enric SaboritSpanish-Catalan association footballerborn 1992
- Enric Valor i VivesSpanish writer (1911–2000)
- Enric DuranCatalan activist of de-growthborn 1976
- Enric MasipSpanish handball playerborn 1969
- Enric MirallesSpanish architect (1955–2000)
- Enric GensanaSpanish footballer (1936–2005)
- Enric d'Ossó i CervellóSpanish priest, writer and educator (1840–1896)
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