Henricus
given name · Western Frisian · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Henricus is a given name, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country, where it is the 51st most common given name. It appears chiefly in Western Frisian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, probably via Old Frankish or Old High German.
- NLNetherlands1 in 150◐
- DEGermany1 in 56K
- USUnited States1 in 2.9M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈115K ●
- Sources
- 66 ●
- 1 in 150 ◐
across 6 countries
5.0K records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Meaning & origin●
- Proto-Germanic*Haimarīks●
- Old Frankishor●
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, probably via Old Frankish or Old High German.
Sources 2
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #51 | 115,070△ | 1.3K rec. | 1 in 150 | 115K | Henricus | 65 |
| DE Germany | — | 2,157 | 370 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 56 |
| US United States | — | 1,081 | 1.3K rec. | — | — | Henricus | 66 |
| FR France | — | 480 | 253 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 48 |
| BE Belgium | — | 472 | 309 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 34 |
| AU Australia | — | 438 | 582 rec. | — | 1 | Henricus | 39 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 281 | 273 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 11 |
| ES Spain | — | 184 | 63 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 27 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 150 | 121 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 20 |
| SE Sweden | — | 87△ | 5 rec. | 1 in 117K | 87 | Henricus | 5 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | 81 | 70 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 7 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 70 | 8 rec. | — | — | Henricus | 6 |
Roughly 115K people in Netherlands bear this name (about 1 in 150). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Western Frisian152K54%
- English117K42%
- Dutch4.3K2%
- German2.5K1%
- French6821%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Western Frisian | 151,798 | 54% |
| English | 116,565 | 42% |
| Dutch | 4,305 | 2% |
| German | 2,475 | 1% |
| French | 682 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Henricus is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Henry
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 13 |
| 2000 | 15 |
| 2001 | 15 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 17 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 16 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 16 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 13 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 14 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 14 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Henricus Martellus Germanusb. 1401DEGerman cartographer
- Heinrich Schreiberb. 1492DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematician
- Henricus Hondius IIb. 1597NLDutch engraver, cartographer and publisher (1597–1651)
- Christophorus Buys Ballotb. 1817NLnot in their usual nameDutch physicist (*1817 – †1890)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoffb. 1852NLDutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
- Eduard Cuypersb. 1859NLnot in their usual nameDutch architect (1859-1927)
- Han van Meegerenb. 1889NLnot in their usual nameDutch painter and art forger (1889-1947)
- Hans van Mierlob. 1931NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician (1931–2010)
- Huub Oosterhuisb. 1933NLnot in their usual nameDutch theologian and poet (1933–2023)
- Roy Beerensb. 1987NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player (born 1987)
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●
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 115K | #19 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 37K | #58 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 1.6K | #964 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 114 | #4,818 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 87 | #9,359 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 36 | #1,479 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 35 | #13,232 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 33 | #39,606 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 18 | #6,416 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2009 | 17 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 17 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 43 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Henricus?
- We estimate roughly 115 thousand people bear Henricus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
- In which country does Henricus have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 115 thousand people bear Henricus in the Netherlands, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled henricus.
- Where is Henricus most common?
- Henricus is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 150 people carrying it.
- How common is Henricus compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Henricus is the 51st most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.
- Is Henricus a male or female name?
- Henricus 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 Henricus mean?
- Recorded meaning: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, probably via Old Frankish or Old High German.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Henricus” — the 51st most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.