Baby names info for HENRY:
- Gender: boy
- Syllables: 2
- Characters: 5
- Pronunciation: HEN-ree
Origin and Meaning:
- English meaning of the name HENRY for a boy:
- rules his household
- French meaning of the name HENRY for a boy:
- rules the home
- German meaning of the name HENRY for a boy:
- ruler of the home
- Hebrew (Biblical) meaning of the name HENRY for a boy:
- Lord
Baby Names Popularity:
- HENRY is the 78th most popular boy's name in the United States.
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Surnames:
- HENRY is a common last name.
It's the 142nd most common surname in the United States (according to the 2000 U.S. Census).
Alternate Forms and Spellings:
HENRY appears in the following lists of names:
- United States Supreme Court Justices
- National Spelling Bee winners
- Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
- Famous Classical Music composers
- Current U.S. state governors
- Nobel Peace Prize winners
- Baseball Hall of Famers
- Pro Football Hall-of-Famers
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- Basketball Hall of Famers
- Boxing Heavyweight Champions
- United States Attorney Generals
- National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinees
- Kings of France
- Vice Presidents of the United States
- 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900
- United States Secretaries of State
- Harrison Ford roles
- Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S.)
- First Ladies of the United States
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- World Golf Hall of Fame members
- Jack Nicholson roles
- Miss Universe 2007 contestants
- Miss World 2007 pageant contestants












