Given name & surname
Henrik
“home”·“power”·“ruler”
Henrik is a form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Henrik is a form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Finnish use, Henrik has a related form in Heino. An origin associated with Heino is Germanic. Henrik is a form of Henry. Henry is an English form of a Continental Germanic name introduced to Britain by the Normans.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Henrik is a form of 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.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Henrik is a form of 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
Henrik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,224
- 4,224 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 313 babies
- 2025
- 206
- #1,060 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 206 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,060 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 313 in 2018. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,676 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.
Henrik’s family of names
Henrik has an affectionate form in Henning. In Swedish usage, Henrik shares a linguistic root with the English form Henry. In Swedish usage, Henrik has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Enrique.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Henrik has relatives in 16 languages.
25 related names in 16 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 49
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- EnriqueSpanish
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- HenriFrench
- Hendrikcognate · Dutch, Swedish
- HenriquePortuguese
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- EnricoItalian
- Heinrichcognate · German, Swedish
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Enzioequivalent
- Eirikequivalent
- Erykequivalent
- Enricequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- Hennekeequivalent
- Heikkiequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- Henrikkiequivalent
- Henrikhequivalent
- Hinnerkequivalent
- Henricusequivalent
- Henriksen“son of” surname · Danish
- Heiskaderivative · Finnish
- Heanriccognate · Old English
- Intalikborrowing · Greenlandic
- ΕρρίκοςGreek
- HenricoPortuguese
- Henriikkafeminine form · Finnish
- JindřichCzech
- Henriksequivalent
- Hinrikequivalent
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Harriequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
- Éricequivalent
- Henkleequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Ericusequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Henrik
- Henrik IbsenNorwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)
- Henrik PontoppidanDanish writer, Nobel Laureate1857–1943
- Henrik DamDanish biochemist and physiologist (1895-1976)
- Henrik WergelandNorwegian writer (1808–1845)
- Henrik KristoffersenNorwegian alpine skierborn 1994
- Henrik DalsgaardDanish association football playerborn 1989
- Henrik SedinSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1980
- Henrik IngebrigtsenNorwegian athleteborn 1991
- Henrik ZetterbergSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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