Henrik - Meaning of Henrik

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[ 2 syll. he-nrik, hen-r-ik ] The baby boy name Henrik is pronounced HHEHN-RihK (German) †. Henrik's language of origin is Germanic, and it is predominantly used in English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic. Henrik is a spelling variant (English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic) of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Henrick and a derivative of the English Henry.

See also the related forms, the German and Scandinavian Henrika and the German and Scandinavian Henrike.

See also the related categories, slavic, english, german, scandinavian, and hungarian.

Henrik is a somewhat popular baby name for boys. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2010s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2018, 0.016% of baby boys were named Henrik. Its ranking then was #748. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly related to Henrik, Henry was the most frequently used. Its use outnumbered Henrik's by 34 times in that year.

Baby names that sound like Henrik include Henric, Henrick, Henryc, Henryck, Henryk, Heinrich, Hinrich, Hinrik, Henrico, Henrikas, Henrikki, Henriko, Homeros, Homerus, Hemaraja, and Homerico.

† Pronunciation for Henrik: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"

A famous person named Henrik is Henrik Ibsen, Playwright, born 20 March 1828 - 23 May 1906, Skien, Norway.