Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Polish usage, Henryka is a feminine form of Henryk.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Henryka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 5 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 5 in 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 430 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.
Henryka’s family of names
In Polish usage, Henryka has a diminutive in Henia. In Polish usage, Henryka is a feminine form of Henryk. In Polish usage, Henryka has a conventional equivalent in the English form Henrietta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Henryka has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- HenriettaEnglish
- Henrykmasculine form · Polish
- Henrikaequivalent
- EnricaItalian
- HenrietteFrench
- Heńüwym
- HenrietaSlovak
- ГенрикаRussian
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Henryka
- Henryka BeyerPolish artist (1782-1855)
- Henryka ŁazowertównaPolish poet (1909-1942); Ringelblum Archive; Holocaust victim
- Henryka KrzywonosPolish trade unionistborn 1953
- Henryka BochniarzPolish economistborn 1947
- Henryka Słomczewska-NowakPolish sportswoman1915–1998
- Henryka Mościcka-DendysPolish politician, diplomatborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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