Given name & surname
Heinz
“God is gracious”·“the ruler of the house”·“home”
In German use, Heinz is an affectionate form of Heinrich. In German use, Heinrich carries the interpretation “the ruler of the house.” In German use, Heinz is an affectionate form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.”
Original GermanHeinrich
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Heinz carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” In German use, Heinz is an affectionate form of Heinrich. In German use, Heinrich carries the interpretation “the ruler of the house.” In German use, Heinz is an affectionate form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.” Heinz is a form of Hans. In Scandinavian use, Hans carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
In German use, Heinz is used as an affectionate form of Heinrich. Heinz is used as a form of Hans. In German use, Heinz is an affectionate 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Heinz is an affectionate 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.
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Heinz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 649
- 649 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 34 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,920 as a first name in 2020; 7,992 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.
Heinz’s family of names
Heinz is an affectionate form of Henry. In German usage, Heinz has a later derivative in Enzo. Heinz is a form of Hans.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Heinz has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Heinrichfull form · German
- Hainzlvariant · German
- Henryfull form · English
- Heinervariant
- Heinvariant
- Hinesvariant
- Hynzvariant
- Hynesvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Enzoborrowing · Italian, English
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- Enriqueequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- Henrikequivalent
- Hansbase name
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- HenriFrench
- Hendrikequivalent
- Henriqueequivalent
- HenrykPolish
- EnricoItalian
- Enzioequivalent
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Eirikequivalent
- Erykequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Enricequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Ericusequivalent
- Hennekeequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- Hinnerkequivalent
- Henricusequivalent
- ΕρρίκοςGreek
- JindřichCzech
- Hinrikequivalent
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
- Éricequivalent
- Hincequivalent
- Henkeequivalent
- Henkleequivalent
People named Heinz
- Henry KissingerAmerican diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
- Heinz FischerAustrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)
- Heinz GuderianGerman general1888–1954
- Heinz FloheGerman footballer (1948-2013)
- Heinz RühmannGerman actor (1902–1994)
- Heinz LindnerAustrian association football playerborn 1990
- Heinz Hitlernephew of Adolf Hitler (1920–1942)
- HeinoGerman Schlager singerborn 1938
- Heinz HopfGerman mathematician (1894–1971)
Characters named Heinz: Dr. Doofenshmirtz (main antagonist from the animated television show Phineas and Ferb).
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