Given name & surname · also German
Henn
Henn is a given name from German. It is used in English and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Henn is a diminutive of Henry. Henry comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Henn as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Henry.
Henn’s family of names
In English usage, Henn as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Henry.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Henn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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