Given name
Hend
“the son of Henry”
Hend is a variant of Henderson. One Scottish interpretation is “the son of Henry.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hend is a variant of Henderson. One Scottish interpretation is “the son of Henry.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hend is a variant of Henderson. An origin associated with Henderson is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hend through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 0 boys · 68 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 10 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 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 708 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.
Hend’s family of names
Hend has a related form in Henderson. In French usage, Hend has a conventional equivalent in the Arabic form هند.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hend
- Hend SabryTunisian actressborn 1979
- Hend ZazaSyrian table tennis playerborn 2009
- Hind RostomEgyptian actress1926–2011
- Hend KheeraEgyptian Street Artist whose Work Features a Mix of Stencils and Slogans.born 1981
- Hend al-MansourSaudia visual artistborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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