Given name & surname
Hendy
“courteous, kind, gentle”
Hendy is a surname from Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hendy goes back to Middle English hende, meaning “courteous, kind, gentle.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English hende (“courteous, kind, gentle”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hendy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 242
- 0 boys · 242 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,625 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,625 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2019. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 369 as a first name in 2020; 767 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.
Hendy’s family of names
In English usage, Hendy as a surname has a related form in HENDEE. In English usage, Hendy as a surname has a related form in HENDEE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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