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Henry
Henry VIII of England is one famous Henry.
Gender	Male
Meaning	"home ruler"
Origin	Germanic
Related names	Henrietta, Henri, Henrik
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Henry "

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Henry is an English male given name and a surname, from the Old French Henry (modern Henri), derived itself from the Germanic name Haimric (German Heinrich), which was derived from the word elements haim, meaning "home" and ric, meaning "power, ruler." ^[1] Harry, its English short form, was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England. Most English kings named Henry were called Harry. At one time the name was so popular for English men that the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry" was used to refer to everyone. The common English feminine forms of the name are Harriet and Henrietta.

Henry has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries for centuries. It was among the top 100 most popular names used for boys born in the United States, England and Wales, and in Australia in 2007. It was the 46th most common name for boys and men in the United States in the 1990 census.^[2] Harry, its short form, was the fifth most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2007 and among the top 50 names in Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland in recent years. Harry was ranked as the 578th most popular name in the United States in 2007.^[3]

Henry is the shortened form of the given name George

Contents 1 Masculine variants 1.1 First name 2 Notes 3 See also

[edit] Masculine variants

• Aenrichus (Latin)
• Américo (Portuguese), (Spanish)
• Amerigo (Italian)
• Annraoi (Irish)
• Anraí (Irish)
• Arrigo (Italian)
• Aymerick (English)
• Aymeric (French)
• Charalambos (Greek)
• Eanraig (Scottish)
• Einrí (Irish)
• Emeric French
• Emery (English), (French)
• Endika (Basque)
• Enric (Catalan)
• Enrico (Italian)
• Enrique (Spanish)
• Enzio (Italian)
• Hal (English)
• Hank (English)
• Harri (Estonian), (Finnish), (Welsh)
• Harris (English)
• Harrison (English)
• Harry (English)
• Heike (Dutch), (Frisian), (German)
• Heikki (Finnish)
• Heiko (Dutch), (Frisian), (German)
• Hein (Dutch)
• Heiner (German)
• Heino (Dutch), (Estonian)
• Heinrich (German)
• Heinz (German)
• Henderson (English)
• Hendrik (Dutch), (Estonian), (German)
• Henrique (Portuguese)
• Henrik (Danish)
• Henk (Dutch)
• Hennie (Dutch)
• Henning (Dutch), (German), (Norwegian)
• Henny (Dutch)
• Henri (Estonian), (Finnish), (French)
• Henric (Romanian)
• Henricus (Latin)
• Henrik (German), (Hungarian), (Scandinavian), (Slovene)
• Henrikas (Lithuanian)
• Henrikki (Finnish)
• Henrique (Portuguese)
• Henryk (Polish)
• Heriot (English)
• Herkus (Lithuanian)
• Herriot (English)
• Hersz (Yiddish)
• Hinrich (German)
• Hinrik (Icelandic)
• Inriques (Spanish)
• Jindřich (Czech)
• Parry (Welsh)
• Quico (Spanish)
• Quinto (Spanish)
• Quique (Spanish)
• Rico (Italian)^[4]

[edit] First name

• Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, (died 1150) Bishop of Uppsala. He became a martyr in Finland
• Henry of Cocket, (died 1127) a hermit Dane. He lived on the island of Cocket, off Northumberland, England.
• Henry of Livonia, (born 1180) Catholic priest. Author of Chronicle of Henry of Livonia one of the earliest histories of the Eastern Baltic
• Henry Aaron, (born 1934) American baseball player. Played from 1954-1976 and held the record for most career home runs (755) until it was broken in 2007
• Henry Allingham (1896-2009), briefly oldest man in world
• Henri Becquerel, (1852–1908) French physicist who discovered radioactivity
• Henri Beunke, (1851-1925) Dutch writer
• Henry G. Brinton, (born 1960) American author and pastor. Contributor to The Washington Post, USA Today, and author of a few books
• Henry Cárdenas (born 1965), Colombian road cyclist
• Henri Cartier-Bresson, (1908-2004) French photographer. Considered to be the father of modern photojournalism
• Henry Cavill, (born 1983) British actor
• Henry Clay, (1777-1852) American/Kentucky statesman. A presidential candidate, compromiser, pacifier, War Hawk, and founder of the Whig Party
• Henry Collins (boxer), (born 1977) Australian boxer
• Henry Cooper (boxer), (born 1934) British boxer. Was the British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champion in 1970
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, (1864-1901) French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator
• Henry Every, (born c. 1653) British pirate. Made one of the richest plunders in sea history and then retired and vanished
• Henry Flagler (1830-1913) American tycoon, real estate promoter, railroad developer, known as the father of Miama, Florida
• Henry Fonda, (1905-1982) American actor. Acted in 115 films, with another 73 as himself, and 16 broadway shows
• Henry Ford, (1863-1947) Industrialist; father of the modern, assembly line, Ford Motor Company, and 161 patents
• Henry Georges, (born 1919), musician
• Hank Greenberg, (1911-1986) American baseball player. A premier power hitter and one of the first Jewish superstars in American pro sports
• Henry Gupta, character from the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies
• Henry Hathaway, film director
• Henry Hudson, sea explorer
• Henry Huggins, a character created by Beverly Cleary.
• Henry James, author
• Henry Jekyll, title character in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Henry Kissinger, politician
• Henry Lau, Chinese singer, dancer and violinist in the Chinese boy band Super Junior-M
• Henri Legay, French operatic tenor
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
• Henry Mancini, composer
• Henry Marsh (athlete), American long-distance runner
• Henry Matisse, artist
• Henry Miller, author
• Henry Pym (aka Ant Man, Giant Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
• Henry Purcell, composer
• Henry Ramsay, from the Australian soap Neighbours
• Henry Rearden, steelmaker from the Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
• Henry Rollins, singer
• Henry Surtees (1991-2009), British racing driver
• Henry David Thoreau, author
• Henry Townshend, the main protagonist in the game Silent Hill 4
• Henry Turner, the title character from the Harrison Ford film Regarding Henry
• Henry Winkler, actor, producer
• Henry the Green Engine, a steam locomotive from The Railway Series of books by Reverend W. Awdry
• Henry, a character from the 2008 video game No More Heroes
• Henry, a character from the television show, KaBlam!
• Henry (comic), a comic character that began in 1932
• Henry and Orville, the second pair of ghosts that Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion, and, since counted as one ghost, they are the 14th ghost Luigi encounters
• Henri, a character from the film An American Tail
• Horrid Henry, fictional character and children' comedy TV show
• Henry, Pandanda's blogger

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Henry (disambiguation)