Given name
Quique
“the ruler of the estate”·“home”·“power”
Quique is an affectionate form of Enrique. One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.” In Spanish use, Quique is an affectionate form of Henry. Henry combines “home” with “power” or “ruler,” giving the sense “ruler of the home.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Quique is an affectionate form of Enrique. One Spanish interpretation is “the ruler of the estate.” In Spanish use, Quique is an affectionate 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
In Spanish use, Quique is an affectionate 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 Spanish use, Quique is used as an affectionate form of Enrique. In Spanish use, Quique is an affectionate 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
In Spanish use, Quique is an affectionate 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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Quique’s family of names
Quique is an affectionate form of Henry. In Spanish usage, Quique shares a linguistic root with the Filipino form Ike. In Spanish usage, Quique has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Hank.
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Around the world
Quique has relatives in 3 languages.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Quique
- Quique SetiénSpanish association football player and managerborn 1958
- Quique Sánchez FloresSpanish football manager and former playerborn 1965
- Quique ÁlvarezSpanish footballerborn 1975
- Quique de LucasSpanish footballerborn 1978
- Quique CostasSpanish football player and manager (born 1947)
- Quique RamosSpanish footballerborn 1956
- Quique GonzálezSpanish footballerborn 1990
- Quique MartínSpanish footballer, born 1972
- Quique RiveroSpanish footballerborn 1992
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Similar names
If you love Quique, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Quinbey
“from the queen's estate; a giving man” · “from the queen's estate”
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Quinbi
“from the queen's estate” · “from the queen's estate; a giving man”
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Quintynn
“from the queen's town or settlement”
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Quintonice
“the fifth girl” · “queen's lawn”
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Kitee
“one who is pure; virginal”
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Quynbie
“from the queen's estate”
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Kinnsie
“the king's victory” · “the victorious prince”
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Quinela
“the fifth girl” · “queen's lawn”
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