Given name & surname
Henriette
“ruler of the house”
Henriette is a variant of Henrietta. In German use, Henrietta carries the interpretation “ruler of the house.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Henriette is a variant of Henrietta. In German use, Henrietta carries the interpretation “ruler of the house.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Henriette connects to the Henry name family through Henrietta. Henry is an English form of a Continental Germanic name introduced to Britain by the Normans.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Henriette is a feminine form of Henri. Henriette connects to the Henry name family through Henrietta. 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 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Henriette is a feminine form of Henri. The history of Henri gives this family its wider story. Henri has a history of use among French royal or aristocratic families. Henriette connects to the Henry name family through Henrietta. 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.
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Henriette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,373
- 0 boys · 1,373 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 53 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,311 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.
Henriette’s family of names
In German usage, Henriette has a diminutive in Henny. In English usage, Henriette is a feminine form of Henri. In French usage, Henriette has a conventional equivalent in the English form Harriet.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Henriette has relatives in 15 languages.
17 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Henriette
- Henrietta Maria of Francequeen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I1609–1669
- Dora MaarFrench photographer and painter (1907–1997)
- Jetty PaerlDutch singer1921–2013
- Henriette Adelaide of SavoyItalian princess1636–1676
- PatachouFrench singer and actress1918–2015
- Emilie SnethlageGerman-Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist (1868-1929)
- Henriette AvramAmerican computer programmer and system analyst (1919–2006)
- Princess Henriette of BelgiumBelgian royal (1870–1948)
- Henriette HerzGerman writer (1764-1847)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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