Enrique - Meaning of Enrique

What does Enrique mean?

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Enrique

[ 3 syll. e-nri-que, en-riq-ue ] The baby boy name Enrique is pronounced ehNRIY-KEY- †. Enrique's language of origin is Germanic, and it is used mainly in the English and Spanish languages. Enrique is a variant of Henry (English).

See also the related form, Luisenrique.

See also the related categories, english, spanish, and germanic (german).

Enrique is an all-time favorite. At present it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was previously. The name's popularity jumped from the 1910s up to the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2000, 0.073% of baby boys were given the name Enrique. It ranked at #221 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity. In 2018, it ranked at #477 with a usage of 0.032%. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Enrique, Henry was the most commonly used. It was used 18 times more than Enrique in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Enrique include Henrique, Emeric, Emerich, Emerick, Emmerich, Emmorea, Emorea, Enrico, Enriko, Enrikos, Aimeric, Emmerea, Aimerea, Emra, Emrah, Emric, Emrick, Emrik, Emrique, and Emris.

† Pronunciation for Enrique: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"

A famous person named Enrique is Singer Ricky Martin, born Enrique Martin Morales, 24 December 1971, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.