Heri
given name · Indonesian · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Heri is a given name, most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is the 65th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Indonesian and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Swahili: 'happiness'; used in the farewell phrase 'kwa heri' ('with happiness').
- IDIndonesia1 in 899◐
- MYMalaysia1 in 18K
- TZTanzania1 in 29K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈578 ●
- Sources
- 177 ●
- 1 in 245K ◐
across 6 countries
11K records
Reference-verified
Denmark
Meaning & origin●
Swahili: 'happiness'; used in the farewell phrase 'kwa heri' ('with happiness').
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 2 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #65 | 100,983 | 9.1K rec. | — | listed | Heri | 177 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 3,707 | 854 rec. | — | — | Heri | 26 |
| RU Russia | — | 717 | 9 rec. | — | — | Heri | 12 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | 452 | 112 rec. | — | — | Heri | 23 |
| SG Singapore | — | 295 | 144 rec. | — | — | Heri | 14 |
| BR Brazil | — | 278 | — | 1 in 762K | 278 | — | — |
| PH Philippines | — | 264 | 113 rec. | — | — | Heri | 12 |
| PK Pakistan | — | 235 | 4 rec. | — | — | Heri | 9 |
| US United States | — | 231 | 334 rec. | 1 in 1.4M | 231 | Heri | 71 |
| IN India | — | 190 | 116 rec. | — | 507 | Heri | 29 |
| KE Kenya | — | 60 | 10 rec. | — | — | Heri | 13 |
| PL Poland | — | 31 | — | 1 in 1.2M | 31 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Indonesian107K88%
- Spanish3.3K3%
- Portuguese2.3K2%
- English1.7K1%
- Hindi1K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesian | 106,602 | 88% |
| Spanish | 3,335 | 3% |
| Portuguese | 2,284 | 2% |
| English | 1,708 | 1% |
| Hindi | 1,019 | 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●
Heri is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Happiness; goodness.
as a nameThe African book of names
In Icelandic, indefinite accusative plural of her
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of へり
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swahili, happiness, good (things)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In srn, complete, full, whole
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 |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 11 years between 1987–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Heri Akhmadib. 1953IDIndonesian politician and diplomat
- Heri Donob. 1960IDIndonesian sculptor, art painter and installation artist (born 1960)
- Heri Ziskab. 1967Danish athlete
- Heri Joensenb. 1973FOFaroese singer and guitarist
- Heri Olsenb. 1973Faroese association football player
- Heri Cahyadib. 1975IDbadminton player
- Heri Setiawanb. 1987IDIndonesian badminton player
- Heri Saputrab. 1989IDIndonesian footballer
- Heri Mohrb. 1997Faroese association football player
- Heri Martinez de Diosb. 2000CUbusinessperson
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 36 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 507 | #9,081 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 278 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 255 | #5,086 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 249 | #20,117 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 231 | #32,402 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 192 | #3,427 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 179 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 127 | #136,807 |
| FO Faroe Islands | Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024) | — | 122 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 118 | — |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 115 | #16,992 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 109 | #150,452 |
Reference works 2
- 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 · 167 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Heri?
- We estimate roughly 578 people bear Heri (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
- In which country does Heri have the most bearers?
- Heri is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled heri.
- How common is Heri compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Heri is the 65th most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.
- Is Heri a male or female name?
- Heri 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 Heri mean?
- Recorded meaning: Swahili: 'happiness'; used in the farewell phrase 'kwa heri' ('with happiness').
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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, “Heri” — the 65th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.