Given name & surname
Henke
Henke is a surname. It is used in English and Swedish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Henke is a diminutive of Henrik. Henrik comes from Old Swedish, and ultimately from Germanic.
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How it developed
In Swedish usage, Henke is a diminutive of Henrik.
Henke’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Henke is a diminutive of Henrik. In German usage, Henke as a surname has a related form in Heinrich.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Henryequivalent
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- Enriqueequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- Henriequivalent
- Hendrikequivalent
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- Henriqueequivalent
- Enricoequivalent
- Henrykequivalent
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- Enricequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henkleequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- Hinnerkequivalent
- Jindřichequivalent
- Henricusequivalent
- Henrikasequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
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