Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.

What does Henry mean?

From the Old German name Haimirich, which is from the Germanic heim, meaning “home” and ric, meaning “power, ruler”.

Henry is an English male given name and an Irish and French surname, borrowed from Old French, originally of Germanic origin (Haimirich) from the elements haim (“home”) and ric (“powerful”).

How far back does the name Henry go?

The Old High German name is recorded from the 8th century, in the variants Haimirich, Haimerich, Heimerich, Hemirih. Harry, its English short form, was considered the “spoken form” of Henry in medieval England.

Famous people named Henry

Henry is a classic royal name – there have been eight kings of England bearing the moniker, and it’s the real name of Prince Harry. Henry James was an American author, famous for penning the classic novels “The Portrait of a Lady” and “The Turn of the Screw”

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My parents named me ‘Henry’ after my Mother’s Father, Henry Riches. He was the captain of a sailing ship plying the England to Australia route. He have up the sea to become a farmer.

I met him briefly when a young child, He passed in 1950 aged (I think) 84.

I like my name.