Given name & surname
Jindřich
“home”·“power”·“ruler”
Jindřich is a form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jindřich is a form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.”
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Where it comes from
Jindřich is a form of Henry. Henry is an English form of a Continental Germanic name introduced to Britain by the Normans.
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How it developed
In Czech use, Jindřich is used as a form of Henry. Jindřich 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.
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The story
Jindřich 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.
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Jindřich’s family of names
In Czech usage, Jindřich has a diminutive in HYNEK. Jindřich shares a linguistic root with Henry. In Czech usage, Jindřich has a conventional equivalent in the English form Harry.
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Around the world
Jindřich has relatives in 20 languages.
24 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Henrycognate · English
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- EnriqueSpanish
- HarryEnglish
- Haroldequivalent
- HenrikSwedish, Slovene
- HenriFrench
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- HendrikDutch
- HenriquePortuguese
- HenrykPolish
- EnricoItalian
- HeinrichGerman
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- HenrichSlovak
- HenkDutch
- HeinzGerman
- EnricCatalan
- ΕρρίκοςGreek
- HendrigoPortuguese
- Henrikasequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
- Henkeequivalent
- Genrikhequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hinnerkequivalent
- ХенриRussian
- ГенрихRussian
- HenricusLatin
- HarriFinnish
- HeikkiFinnish
- Jindfiskafeminine form
People named Jindřich
- Jindřich Matyáš ThurnCzech warrior (1567–1640)
- Jindřich StaněkCzech association football playerborn 1996
- Jindřich ŠtyrskýCzech photographer, painter, writer and artist (1899-1942)
- Jindřich SvobodaCzech soccer playerborn 1952
- Jindřich PolákCzech film director1925–2003
- Jindřich HonzlCzech theatre director and director (1894–1953)
- Jindřich TrpišovskýCzech football managerborn 1976
- Jindřich FügnerCzech sports administrator (1822–1865)
- Jindřich MaudrCzechoslovak wrestler (1906–1990)
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