Given name & surname
Henrique
“home”·“power”·“ruler”
Henrique is a variant of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.” In Spanish use, Henrique has a related form in Enrique. One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Henrique is a variant of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.” In Spanish use, Henrique has a related form in Enrique. One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Henrique is a variant 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
Henrique is a variant 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 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Henrique is a variant 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
Henrique through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 643
- 643 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,602 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +51%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,602 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 51.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Massachusetts had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,068 as a first name in 2020; 432 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.
Henrique’s family of names
Henrique shares a linguistic root with Henry. In Spanish usage, Henrique has a related form in Enrique. Henrique has a related form in Henry.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Henrique has relatives in 30 languages.
31 related names in 30 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 52
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- HenrikSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- HenriFrench
- HendrikDutch, Estonian
- EnricoItalian
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- HenrykPolish
- HeinrichGerman
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Eirikequivalent
- Erykequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- HengLuxembourgish
- HenkDutch
- HenrichSlovak
- EnricCatalan
- Henkleequivalent
- Henkeequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Ericusequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- ΕρρίκοςGreek
- Henricoalso known as · Portuguese
- BedřichCzech
- JindřichCzech
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Enrikoequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
- Éricequivalent
- ГенрихRussian
- HeandaratNorthern Sami
- IndriķisLatvian
- HenrijsLatvian
- HenricusLatin
- HeanrigOld English
- HenelēHawaiian
- HanalēHawaiian
- HeikkiFinnish
- HenrikoEsperanto
- Rìcueml
- হেনরিBengali
- HinnerkLow German
- ՀենրիկArmenian
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Henrique
- Prince Henry the NavigatorPortuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)
- Henrique CaprilesVenezuelan politician and lawyerborn 1972
- Henry, King of PortugalKing of Portugal1512–1580
- Henrique HilárioPortuguese association football playerborn 1975
- HenriqueBrazilian association football playerborn 1986
- Henrique RosaPresident of Guinea-Bissau (1946-2013)
- HenriqueBrazilian association football playerborn 1985
- HenriqueBrazilian association football playerborn 1966
- Henrique SerenoPortuguese footballerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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