Meaning of the nameHendrick

Male
Germanic origin
Hen-drick

Hendrick is a male name of Germanic origin, a variant of the Dutch Hendrik, related to Henry (Henrique); the base name comes from Heimirich, 'ruler of the home'.

Meaning

“spelling of Hendrik, a name related to Henry and Henrique; from Germanic Heimirich, 'ruler of the home'”

Source: Behind the Name: Henry

People (2022): 1,376
Rank in Brazil: #6,656
Median age: 9 years
2010 Census: 414; people

Hendrick in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hendrick, 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 (497 people).

0 women 1,360 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 Hendrick is most common

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

Paraná 0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	250	0.001%
Minas Gerais	214	0.001%
Paraná	200	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	128	0.001%
Espírito Santo	77	0.002%
Bahia	72	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	55	0.000%
Santa Catarina	50	0.001%
Amazonas	46	0.001%
Pará	43	0.001%
Maranhão	31	0.001%
Goiás	29	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	28	0.001%
Distrito Federal	27	0.001%
Ceará	20	0.000%
Pernambuco	18	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	16	0.001%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

About the name Hendrick

Wiktionary records Hendrick as a variant of Hendrik, a Dutch name related to the English Henry and the German Heinrich. Behind the Name explains that Henry comes from the Germanic Heimirich, formed from heim ('home') and rih ('ruler'), and lists Henrique as the Portuguese form. This is the meaning of the base name, and Hendrick is a spelling of it. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,376 people named Hendrick, almost always men, most of them born from 2000 onward. Endrick is the spelling without the initial H, the most frequent in the group.

Written with an initial H and the ending -ck, like the Dutch form.

Other spellings of Hendrick

Spelling	People (2022)
Endrick	1,431
Hendrick	1,376

Sources

Wiktionary: Hendrick (seção em holandês) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Hendrik · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Henry · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Hendrick

What does the name Hendrick mean?

Hendrick means “spelling of Hendrik, a name related to Henry and Henrique; from Germanic Heimirich, 'ruler of the home'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Hendrick in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,376 people with the first name Hendrick, which ranks it number 6,656 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Hendrick is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,360 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Hendrick?

Hendrick is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Hendrick most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Hendrick (200 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hendrick?

Endrick. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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