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Usage
Old Norse
Old Swedish
Old Danish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Low German form of Heinrich [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Related Names
See also
Variant forms: Eanraig, Hemmo, Hempa, Hendrik, Henricus, Hensar, Hinrik, Ínarik, Indrek, Ínisaĸ
Female forms: Henrika
Pet forms: Henke, Heppu
Male
Henrikinpoika
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Henriksen
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Henrikson
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Henrikssen
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Henriksson
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Henrikssøn
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Henriksøn
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Female
Henrikdatter
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Henrikintytär
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Henriksdatter
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Henriksdotter
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Henriksdóttir
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Combinations
For combinations see HENRIK (name element)
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Henrik
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Genitive: |
Henriks
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Henrik
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Genitive: |
Henrikin
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Partitive: |
Henrikiä
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Henrik
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Accusative: |
Henrik
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Dative: |
Henriki
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Genitive: |
Henriks
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Henrik
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Genitive: |
Henriks
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Henrik
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Genitive: |
Henriks
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Name Days
Denmark
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7 July
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Finland
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19 January
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Norway
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20 October
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Finland (Swedish Language)
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19 January
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Sweden
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19 January
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845), Norwegian writer and poet
- Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906), Norwegian author
- 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 Maria Johann Andreas (né Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat, 11 June 1934 – 13 February 2018), prins af Danmark (Prince Consort of Denmark)
- Johan Henrik Norlén (born 2 September 1970), Swedish actor
- Henrik Edward "Henke" Larsson, Swedish football player, born: 20 September 1971
- Henrik Carl Joachim Alain, Prins til Danmark (Prince of Denmark), born: 4 May 2009
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Sweden[11] |
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30590 |
61085 |
2 |
7 |
30588 |
61078 |
Denmark[12] |
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41689 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
41689 |
n.a. |
Finland[13] |
|
n.a. |
55139 |
n.a. |
12 |
n.a. |
55127 |
Greenland[14] |
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145 |
399 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[15] |
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48 |
63 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[16] |
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16210 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
16210 |
n.a. |
#: 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
Sources: [11][12][16][13]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [17]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Henrik (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables