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Meaning of the nameHenry

Henry is a male name of Germanic origin, the English form of Henri, which corresponds to Portuguese Henrique and means 'ruler of the home'.

Meaning

“ruler of the home”

Source: Behind the Name: Henry

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People (2022)
39,067
Rank in Brazil
#682
Median age
3 years
2010 Census
6,744
people

Henry in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Henry, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (20,834 people).

410 women 38,657 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 Henry is most common

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

  1. São Paulo 0.030%
  2. Roraima 0.027%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.024%
  4. Amazonas 0.021%
  5. Bahia 0.020%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo13,3480.030%
Minas Gerais3,2050.016%
Rio de Janeiro3,0790.019%
Bahia2,8530.020%
Rio Grande do Sul2,5890.024%
Paraná1,7980.016%
Santa Catarina1,4020.018%
Ceará1,1710.013%
Maranhão9940.015%
Pará9480.012%
Pernambuco9450.010%
Amazonas8280.021%
Goiás8120.012%
Espírito Santo6560.017%
Paraíba5870.015%
Piauí5490.017%
Mato Grosso4890.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul4810.017%
Distrito Federal4720.017%
Rio Grande do Norte4170.013%
Sergipe3980.018%
Alagoas3590.012%
Roraima1710.027%
Tocantins1560.010%
Rondônia1460.009%
Amapá1080.015%
Acre1060.013%

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

About the name Henry

Henry comes from Middle English, from Old French Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik and Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, according to Wiktionary. Behind the Name links it to Germanic Heimirich, 'ruler of the home', from heim, 'home', and rih, 'ruler'. Henri is the French form and Henrique the Portuguese one. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 39,067 people named Henry, with a median age of 3. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

English spelling with a final y; it is the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Henry

SpellingPeople (2022)
Henry39,067
Henri14,351

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Henry · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Henri · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Henry · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Henrique · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Henry

What does the name Henry mean?

Henry means “ruler of the home”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Henry in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 39,067 people with the first name Henry, which ranks it number 682 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Henry is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 410 women and 38,657 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Henry?

Henry is a name of Germanic, English and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Henry most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.030% of the state's population is named Henry (13,348 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Henry?

Henri. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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