Given name & surname
Hendry
“home”·“power”·“ruler”
In English use, Hendry has a related form in Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.” Hendry is a variant of Henderson. One Scottish interpretation is “the son of Henry.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Hendry has a related form in Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.” Hendry is a variant of Henderson. One Scottish interpretation is “the son of Henry.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Hendry has a related form in Henry. Henry is an English form of a Continental Germanic name introduced to Britain by the Normans. Hendry is a variant of Henderson. An origin associated with Henderson is Scottish.
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How it developed
In English use, Hendry has a related form in 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 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Hendry has a related form in 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
Hendry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 153
- 153 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,869 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,869 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 400 as a first name in 2020; 5,149 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.
Hendry’s family of names
In Scots usage, Hendry has a diminutive in Hender. Hendry has a surname derivative in Henderson. In English usage, Hendry has a related form in Henry.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Hendry
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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