Meaning of the nameHenderson

Male
English origin
Hen-der-son

Henderson is a spelling of the name Enderson, which means “son of Hendry”.

Meaning

“son of Hendry”

Source: Wiktionary: Henderson · Morfemário: -son

People (2022): 1,934
Rank in Brazil: #5,224
Median age: 18 years
2010 Census: 1,155; people

Henderson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Henderson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (562 people).

0 women 1,921 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Henderson is most common

States with the highest share of people named Henderson in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.003%
Pará 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	218	0.001%
Pará	209	0.003%
Minas Gerais	205	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	151	0.001%
Bahia	121	0.001%
Amazonas	112	0.003%
Maranhão	94	0.001%
Ceará	88	0.001%
Paraná	84	0.001%
Pernambuco	72	0.001%
Piauí	64	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	60	0.001%
Espírito Santo	56	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	50	0.002%
Goiás	46	0.001%
Santa Catarina	43	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	43	0.002%
Mato Grosso	31	0.001%
Alagoas	29	0.001%
Amapá	28	0.004%
Distrito Federal	27	0.001%
Sergipe	27	0.001%
Paraíba	26	0.001%
Rondônia	16	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Henderson

It matches the English surname Henderson, formed from Hendry + -son, which Wiktionary also records as a rare male given name.

About the name Enderson

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Enderson as End- + -erson and records Henderson and Endersom among the spelling variants. The Morfemário describes -erson as probably taken from English given names such as Jefferson, 'son of Jeff', and lists Enderson among the Brazilian names with this ending. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,607 people named Enderson, with a median age of 19. It is almost always male, and most of the people recorded were born in 1990 or later. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.

Other spellings of Enderson

Spelling	People (2022)
Enderson	5,607
Henderson	1,934

Sources

Wiktionary: Henderson · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Morfemário: -son · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Enderson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Morfemário: -erson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Henderson · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Henderson

What does the name Henderson mean?

Henderson means “son of Hendry”, according to Wiktionary and Morfemário.

How many people are named Henderson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,934 people with the first name Henderson, which ranks it number 5,224 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Henderson a boy's or a girl's name?

Henderson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,921 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Henderson?

Henderson is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Henderson most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Henderson (112 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Henderson?

Enderson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

More names of English origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Henderson with a source. See the methodology.