Given name & surname
Enrique
“the ruler of the estate”
Enrique is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.”
Original Spanishเอนรีเก
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish use, Enrique is used as a form of Henry.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Enrique 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
Enrique through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61,494
- 61,234 boys · 260 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 1,542 babies
- 2025
- 517
- #571 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 517 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 571 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,537 in 2000. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (128). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 90,043 as a first name in 2020; 1,396 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Enrique’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Enrique has a diminutive in Ike. Enrique shares a linguistic root with Henry. In Spanish usage, Enrique has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Enrico.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Enrique has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 22
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 44
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Henrydoublet · Spanish, English
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- HenrikSwedish
- Harrisequivalent
- HenriFrench
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- HendrikDutch
- HenrykPolish
- HeinrichGerman
- Kikoequivalent
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Eirikequivalent
- Erykequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- HenkDutch
- Henkleequivalent
- Henkeequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Ericusequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- Hinnerkequivalent
- Henricusequivalent
- ΕρρίκοςGreek
- HenricoPortuguese
- Hinricognate · Walloon
- JindřichCzech
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
- Éricequivalent
- 亨利Chinese
- ヘンリーJapanese
- HenrikoEsperanto
- 헨리Korean
- HerriBreton
People named Enrique
- Enrique IglesiasSpanish singer, songwriter and producer (born 1975)
- Ricky MartinPuerto Rican singer (born 1971)
- Enrique Peña Nieto64th President of Mexicoborn 1966
- Henry IV of CastileKing of Castile1425–1474
- Henry III of Castileking of Castille (1379-1407)
- Henry II of CastileKing of Castile1334–1379
- Enrique BallestreroUruguayan footballer (1905-1969)
- Enrique SimonetSpanish painter (1866-1927)
- Quique Sánchez FloresSpanish football manager and former playerborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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