Hendrik

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ჰენდრიკ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hendrik is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name28K records spelled Hendrik3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, South Africa, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Hëñdrîk

• Portuguese given name17K records spelled Hendrik5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, South Africa, Venezuela, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Hëndrik, Hendrík

• Hindi given name2.5K records spelled Hendrik8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Africa, Netherlands, United States, India

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Hendrick, হেনডরিক

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hendrik is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., niederländische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Estonian, a male given name, equivalent to English Henry

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Dutch and Scandinavian form of HENRY .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 65 years between 1917–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Henry of Flandersb. 1174FRnot in their usual nameEmperor of Constantinople
• William IV, Prince of Orangeb. 1711NLnot in their usual namehereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands (1711-1751)
• Henryk Siemiradzkib. 1843PLnot in their usual namePolish painter (1843–1902)
• Hendrik Antoon Lorentzb. 1853NLDutch physicist (1853–1928)
• Leo Hendrik Baekelandb. 1863BEBelgium American inventor (1863-1944)
• Jan Hendrik Oortb. 1900NLDutch astronomer (1900–1992)
• Hendrik Verwoerdb. 1901ZAPrime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966
• Geert Hofstedeb. 1928NLnot in their usual nameDutch psychologist (1928-2020)
• Johan Cruyffb. 1947NLnot in their usual nameDutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)
• Toomas Hendrik Ilvesb. 1953EEEstonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 373 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hendrik?

We estimate roughly 221 thousand people bear Hendrik (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Hendrik have the most bearers?

We estimate about 212 thousand people bear Hendrik in the Netherlands, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled hendrik.

Where is Hendrik most common?

Hendrik is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 81 people carrying it.

How common is Hendrik compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Hendrik is the 12th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Hendrik a male or female name?

Hendrik is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Hendrik mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Henry