Hery

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Hery is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name6.9K records spelled Hery5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, United States, Venezuela

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Hěry, Héry

• English given name4.9K records spelled Hery6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Malaysia, Tanzania

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Héry

• Malagasy given name969 records spelled Hery3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Madagascar, United States

  Also written 'Hery, Héry

• a separate given name260 records spelled Hery2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Madagascar, India

  Also written Héry

47 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●

Hery 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 enm, hairy, furry; covered with hair, fur or wool.

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

• In Malagasy, strength

  as a word·kaikki.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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hery Rajaonarimampianinab. 1958MG5th President of Madagascar from 2014 to 2018
• Hery Setaharinaivomanjato RaharisainaMGMalagasy politician

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 · 107 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hery?

We estimate roughly 739 people bear Hery (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Hery have the most bearers?

Hery is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled hery.

Is Hery a male or female name?

Hery 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.