Given name
Enriqueta
“ruler of the house”
Enriqueta is a variant of Enrica. In Spanish use, Enrica carries the interpretation “ruler of the house.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Enriqueta is a variant of Enrica. In Spanish use, Enrica carries the interpretation “ruler of the house.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Enriqueta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,847
- 0 boys · 1,847 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 60 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 girls is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 60 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,852 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Enriqueta’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Enriqueta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Harriet. In Spanish usage, Enriqueta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Henrietta. In Catalan usage, Enriqueta has a conventional equivalent in the French form Henriette.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Enriqueta has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Enriqueta
- Estela de CarlottoArgentine human rights activist, leader of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayoborn 1930
- Princess Henrietta of Nassau-WeilburgArchduchess of Austria (1797-1829)
- Henriette of ClevesDuchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (1542-1601)
- Enriqueta BasilioMexican athlete (1948–2019)
- Countess Henriette Catharina of NassauCountess of Nassau (1637-1708)
- Enriqueta Compte y RiquéSpanish teacher and educationist (1866-1949)
- Enriqueta González RubínSpanish writer and journalist1832–1877
- Enriqueta González BazMexican mathematician (1915-2002) and teacher
- Queta ClaverSpanish Vedette (1929-2003)1932–2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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