Henrik is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “Ruler of the home.” In 2024 it was given to 252 boys in the United States.
Henrik belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “Ruler of the home” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Henrik first appears in Social Security records in 1935. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #756 in 2018, and in 2024 252 babies received the name — 4,018 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Henrik means “Ruler of the home” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Henrik is a boy name. In 2024, 252 babies received the name in the US.
Henrik comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Henrik first appears in US records in 1935. Its best-ever ranking was #756 in 2018, and 252 babies were given the name in 2024.
Henrik is pronounced /www.ssb.no/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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