Henry

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “home” and “kingdom.”.

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Henry is an English male given name and surname derived from Old French Henri/Henry, itself derived from the Middle High German name Heinrich, from Old High German Haimirich (from haim- "home" and rich "ruler"), which was conflated with the name Haginrich (from hagin "enclosure" and rich "ruler").
The Old High German name is recorded from the 8th century, in the variants Haimirich, Haimerich, Heimerich, Hemirih. Harry, its English short form, was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England. Most English kings named Henry were called Harry. The name became so popular in England that the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry" began to be used to refer to men in general. 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. 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.

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Masc. proper name, from French Henri, from Late Latin Henricus, from German Heinrich, from Old High German Heimerich, literally "the ruler of the house," from heim "home" (see home (n.)) + rihhi "ruler" (from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line," thus "to lead, rule"). One of the most popular Norman names after the Conquest. Related: Henrician.

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Home ruler. Combine of haim/heim (home) and ric (power, ruler).

Enzo, Henrietta, Heinz, Inta, Henri, Hynek, Henrik, Eanruig, Enrico, Hendrik, German, Anraí, Harriet, Harry, Enric, Enrique, Henryk, Henrique, Heinrich

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Henry VIII	1491	King of England from 1509 until 1547
2	Henry Cavill	1983	British actor
3	Henry VII of England	1457	King of England, 1485–1509
4	Henry Kissinger	1923	United States Secretary of State
5	Henry Ford	1863	American industrialist
6	Thierry Henry	1977	French footballer
7	Henry Winkler	1945	American actor, director and writer
8	Henry Rollins	1961	American singer-songwriter
9	Henry VI of England	1421	King of England
10	Henry Hill	1943	Mobster
11	Henry II of England	1133	English monarch
12	Henry Fonda	1905	American actor
13	Henry David Thoreau	1817	1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
14	Henry II of France	1519	1519–1559, monarch of the House of Valois
15	Henry V of England	1386	King of England, born in Wales
16	Mark Henry	1971	Professional wrestler and weightlifter
17	Henry IV of France	1553	First French monarch of the House of Bourbon
18	Derrick Henry	1994	American football player
19	Henry IV of England	1367	King of England and Lord of Ireland
20	Henry III of England	1207	King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine
21	Henry I of England	1068	King Henry I of England (c.1068–1135)
22	John Henry		Folklore character
23	Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley	1545	Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
24	Henry III of France	1551	King of France
25	Tyler Henry	1996
26	Henry Lee Lucas	1936	American serial killer
27	Henry Clay	1777	American politician
28	Henry Every	1659	English captain and pirate
29	Henry Ian Cusick	1967	Scottish-Peruvian actor
30	Henry Thomas	1971	American actor and musician
31	Lenny Henry	1958	Comedian
32	Henry Lau	1989	Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
33	O. Henry	1862	American short story writer
34	Henry Hudson	1570	English sea explorer and navigator
35	Henry James	1843	American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
36	Henry Wolfe Gummer	1979	American musician and actor
37	Henry A. Wallace	1888	Vice President of the United States
38	Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset	1519	Royal bastard of Henry VIII
39	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1807	American poet
40	Henry Paulson	1946	74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
41	Henry Miller	1891	American novelist
42	Chris Henry	1983	Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals
43	John W. Henry	1949	American businessman
44	Henry Mancini	1924	American composer, conductor and arranger
45	Henry Tandey	1891	British soldier, recipient of Victoria Cross
46	Henry Cejudo	1987	Olympic wrestler
47	Guy Henry	1960	British actor
48	Henry Morton Stanley	1841	Welsh journalist and explorer
49	Henry Simmons	1970	American actor
50	Henry Darger	1892	Author, artist
51	Henry Clay Frick	1849	United States industrialist
52	Gregg Henry	1952	American theatre, film and television character actor and rock, blues and country musician
53	Henry Lloyd-Hughes	1986	British actor
54	Henry Sy	1924	Chinese businessman
55	Henry Heimlich	1920	American surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver
56	Henry Ford II	1917	American automotive industry executive; longtime president, chairman, and CEO of the Ford Motor Company; member of the Henry Ford dynasty
57	Henry Moseley	1887	English physicist
58	Andrew Henry	1775	American fur trader
59	Henry Moore	1898	English artist
60	Henry Purcell	1659	English composer
61	Henry Gibson	1935	American actor
62	Henry Czerny	1959	Canadian film, stage and television actor
63	Buck Henry	1930	American actor
64	Henry Shrapnel	1761	British Army general
65	Henry Molaison	1926	American memory disorder patient
66	Henry Cooper	1934	British boxer
67	Henry Silva	1928	American actor
68	Henry Knox	1750	Continental Army and US Army general, US Secretary of War
69	Henry Cabot Lodge	1850	American statesman
70	Justin Henry	1971	Actor
71	Henry H. Arnold	1886	United States general, headed the Air Corps
72	Henry Lee III	1756	American politician, governor and representative
73	Henry Zebrowski	1984	American actor and comedian
74	Henry George	1839	American economist
75	Henry Cavendish	1731	British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist
76	Henry Box Brown	1815	American slave
77	Henry Burris	1975	American football player
78	Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon	1924	British racing manager
79	Henry the Young King	1155	Second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine
80	Henry Murray	1893	American psychologist & academic
81	Henry Fielding	1707	English novelist and dramatist
82	Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston	1784	British politician
83	Henry Selick	1952	American filmmaker
84	Henry Kravis	1944	American businessman
85	Henry Morrison Flagler	1830	American entrepreneur
86	Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey	1516	English Earl
87	Linda Henry	1963	British actress
88	Henry Louis Gates	1950	American professor
89	Henry B. Eyring	1933	American Mormon leader
90	Henry Jackman	1974	British film composer
91	Brian Tyree Henry		American actor
92	Ed Henry	1971	American television reporter and correspondent
93	Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor	1050	Holy Roman Emperor
94	Henry Dunant	1828	Swiss businessman and founder of the Red Cross
95	Henry Ossawa Tanner	1859	American painter
96	Zoe Henry	1973	British actress
97	Henry Sturgis Morgan	1900	American banker
98	Henry J. Kaiser	1882	American industrialist
99	Henry Darrow	1933	Actor
100	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	1902	American politician
101	Henry Wirz	1823	Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil War
102	Xavier Henry	1991	American basketball player
103	Henry Travers	1874	Actor
104	Henry Percy	1364	English noble
105	William Henry Fox Talbot	1800	British inventor and photographer
106	Henry Hopper	1990	American actor
107	Henry Ward Beecher	1813	American clergyman and activist
108	Henry Onyekuru	1997
109	Henry Sampson	1934	American inventor
110	Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham	1455	English noble, born in Wales
111	Henry McMaster	1947	American politician
112	Matthew Henry	1662	Theologician from Wales
113	Henry Blofeld	1939	English sports journalist
114	Henry L. Stimson	1867	United States Secretary of War
115	Henry Bessemer	1813	English engineer, inventor, and businessman
116	Henry Lee	1938	Chinese-born American forensic scientist
117	Henry Mintzberg	1939	Canadian busines theorist
118	Henry Luce	1898	American publisher
119	Henry Parkes	1815	Australian statesman and politician
120	Henry Fuseli	1741	Swiss painter
121	Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon	1526	British general
122	Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales	1594	Prince of Wales
123	Henry J. Heinz	1844	American businessman
124	Henry Allingham	1896	British supercentenarian, First World War veteran who lived to 113 years of age
125	Henry I the Fowler	0876	German noble
126	Henry Adams	1838	Journalist, historian, academic, novelist
127	Henry Johnson	1892	United States Army soldier
128	Joshua Henry	1984	Actor and singer
129	Henry I of France	1008	King of the Franks from 1031 to his death
130	Henry M. Jackson	1912	American politician
131	Mike Henry	1936	American football player and actor
132	Henry Carlton Cumberbatch	1900	Royal Navy submarine commander
133	Henry Rathbone	1837	Union Army officer
134	Henry Goodman	1950	British actor
135	Henry the Lion	1129	Welf dynasty, Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII
136	Henry Benedict Stuart	1725	Catholic cardinal
137	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	1836	British politician
138	Henry McCullough	1943	British musician
139	Henry Ellenson	1997	American basketball player
140	Joseph Henry	1797	American scientist
141	Henry Lawson	1867	Australian writer and poet
142	Henry Armstrong	1912	American boxer
143	Henry F. Phillips	1890	American businessman
144	Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor	1086	King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty
145	Henry Mills	2001	Fictional character in ABC's television series Once Upon a Time
146	Hunter Henry	1994	American football player
147	Travis Henry	1978	American football player, running back
148	Duane Henry	1985
149	Henry Wilson	1812	Union Army officer, Vice president, politician, historian
150	Henry Brandon	1912	German-American character actor
151	Henry Kelly	1946	British DJ
152	Henry Arnold Cumberbatch	1859	British diplomat
153	Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor	1165	German noble
154	Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden	1955	British peer
155	Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel	1987	British racing driver
156	Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland	1502	English noble
157	Doneil Henry	1993	Canadian soccer player
158	Henry Bibby	1949	American basketball player and coach
159	Henry IV of Castile	1425	King of Castile
160	Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk	1517	English Duke
161	Henry Cele	1949	Actor
162	Henry Jones	1912	American actor of stage, film and television
163	Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor	0973	Holy Roman Emperor
164	Henry Marsh	1950	Neurosurgeon
165	Henry Joost	1981	American filmmaker
166	Henry Cowell	1897	American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario
167	Barbara Henry		American teacher
168	Henry Nicholas	1959	American businessman
169	Henry Irving	1838	English stage actor of the Victorian era
170	Henry Morgan	1915	American comedian
171	Holly Henry	1994	American singer
172	Henry Hermand	1924
173	Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon	1898	British peer
174	Henry Gantt	1861	American engineer
175	Patrick Henry	1953	French criminal
176	Michel Henry	1922	French writer
177	Henry Slade	1993	English rugby union player
178	Henry Padovani	1952	Musician
179	Emmaline Henry	1928	Actress
180	Henry Cisneros	1947	American mayor
181	Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton	1573	Son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne
182	Henry Waxman	1939	American politician
183	Bill Walker	1987	Basketball player
184	Henry Bergh	1811	United States animal welfare activist
185	Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood	1882	English peer
186	Henry Wells	1805	American businessman
187	Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor	1016	Holy Roman Emperor
188	Cory Henry	1987	American jazz organist and pianist, gospel musician and music producer
189	Henry Wade	1914	American lawyer
190	Henry Laurens	1724	American planter and congressman
191	Henry Blodget	1966	American equity research analyst
192	Henry Francis Hays	1954	American murderer
193	Henry Louis Vivian Derozio	1809	Indian writer
194	Henry Gunther	1895	Last soldier killed in WWI
195	Henry Samueli	1954	American businessman
196	Henry I of Lorraine, duke of Guise	1550	Duke of Guise
197	Henry Scott Holland	1847	British theologian
198	Henry Giroux	1943	American academic
199	Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney	1345	Scottish and a Norwegian nobleman
200	Henry Royce	1863	English engineer, car designer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce