Henrik

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Low German form of Heinrich [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Henric ♂ Swedish
Henrich ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Henrik ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Henrikki ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also
Variant forms: (Eanraig), Hendrik, Hensar, Hinrik
Female forms: Henrika
Pet forms: Henke, Heppu

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

7 July

Finland Finland

19 January

Norway Norway

20 October

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

19 January

Sweden Sweden

19 January

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Henrik
Accusative: Henrik
Dative: Henrik
Genitive: Henriks

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1208 [2]

Namesakes

Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian author, 1828 - 1906

Henrik Pontoppidan, 24 July 1857 – 21 August 1943, Danish realist writer and Nobel laureate (Literature, 1917)

Carl Peter Henrik Dam, 21 February 1895 – 17 April 1976), Danish biochemist and physiologist and Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1943)

Henrik Edward "Henke" Larsson, Swedish football player (* 1971)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 43438 n.a
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 0 2 30787 60541
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 11066 13248
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 6 n.a 51132
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][3][5][6]:Name statistics for Henrik(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Henrik(m)


Sources: [4] [3] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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