Henrik

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Henry in EE Estonia, IS Iceland, PH Philippines.

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 12 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◐

Henrik is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name5.6K records spelled Henrik66 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, Ukraine

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Ukrainian

  Also written Henryk, Генрік, Хенрик, Хенрік, 'Henryk

• French given name5.1K records spelled Henrik3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Sweden, United States, Norway

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Hènrik

• a separate given name3.5K records spelled Henrik2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Hénrik

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Henrik2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Norway, Finland

  Also written Henriḳ

• Armenian given name1.8K records spelled Henrik2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Armenia, Canada, Russia

  Also written Հենրիկ

• Albanian given name446 records spelled Henrik2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Sweden

  Also written Heñrîk

43 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●

Henrik is also recorded in 2 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., niederdeutsch-friesi­ sche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Low German, Scandinavian, and Hungarian form of HENRY . It has enjoyed great popularity in recent years, especially in Denmark. Pet forms: Low German: Heiko, Henning. Danish: Henning .

  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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 81 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Niels Henrik Abelb. 1802NONorwegian mathematician (1802–1829)
• Henrik Ibsenb. 1828NONorwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)
• Henrik Pontoppidanb. 1857DKDanish writer, Nobel Laureate
• Niels Bohrb. 1885DKnot in their usual nameDanish physicist (1885–1962)
• Henrik Damb. 1895DKDanish biochemist and physiologist (1895-1976)
• Alvar Aaltob. 1898FInot in their usual nameFinnish architect and designer (1898–1976)
• Mauno Koivistob. 1923FInot in their usual namePresident of Finland (1923–2017)
• Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmarkb. 1934FRPrince consort of Denmark from 1972 to 2018
• Frederik Xb. 1968FRnot in their usual nameKing of Denmark since 2024
• Henrik Larssonb. 1971SESwedish association football player and manager and floorball player

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 · 555 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Henrik?

We estimate roughly 607 thousand people bear Henrik (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Henrik have the most bearers?

We estimate about 354 thousand people bear Henrik in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled henrik.

Where is Henrik most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Henrik is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 145 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Henrik compared with other names?

In Denmark, Henrik is the 5th most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.

Is Henrik a male or female name?

Henrik 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 Henrik mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Henry