Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Heri
“army”
Heri is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Heri goes back to Proto-Germanic *harjaz, meaning “army.”
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Where it comes from
Heri comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”), from Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *hesô (“hare”).
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 65 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,164 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,164 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 260 as a first name in 2020; 127 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.
People named Heri
- Heri JoensenFaroese singer and guitaristborn 1973
- Heri DonoIndonesian sculptor, art painter and installation artist (born 1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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