Henry

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A male given name from Germanic languages, popular in England since Middle Ages; the name of eight kings.
  • locale US (country).
  • , an anglicization of Ó hInneirghe.
  • , an alternate anglicization of mac, Mac [[Hannraoi, Mac Annraoi (McHenry)

Origin

  • From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich and Dutch Henrik, Hendrik Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).

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