THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Henry
Henry is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Henry.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈhenɾi/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈhɛn̪.ɾɪ]Standard-Tagalog
Hen · ry2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗English
- /ˈhɛn.ɹi/
- [ˈhɛn.ɹʷɪi̯]
- /ˈhɪn.ɹi/pin-pen-merger · Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
- [ˈhɪ̟n.ɹʷɪi̯]pin-pen-merger · Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
Hen · ry2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Henry.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).
A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in England since the Middle Ages.
SpanishEtymology & source
Unadapted borrowing from English Henry. Doublet of Enrique.
a male given name from English
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Henry
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Henry Sy
Filipino businessman, the richest man in the Philippines according to Forbes or 11 years (2007-2018).
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Henry Brauner
American-Filipino football player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
50
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
15
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Henry Sy, Henry Brauner
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Henry in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Henry
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Enry·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Henri♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Heart♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Hedy♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Hero♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Heath♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Heidi♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Helen♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Henry?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Henry
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Henry Clyde·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Henry Ken·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jose Henry·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Henry further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1158477 — Henry (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Henry Sy (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1158477 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Henry Brauner (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1158477 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Henry (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Henry (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Henry (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.