# Henricus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/henricus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Henricus

- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
- Henricus Tromp, Dutch rower (1878-1962)
- Henricus Martellus Germanus, German cartographer
- Henricus Hondius II, Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher (1597–1651)
- Henricus Regius, Dutch philosopher
- Henricus Grammateus, German mathematician
- Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, 21st-century Indonesian Catholic bishop
- Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and art forger (1889-1947)
- C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch physicist (*1817 – †1890)
- Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician (1931–2010)
- Cas Janssens, Dutch footballer (1944–2024)
- Eduard Cuypers, Dutch architect (1859-1927)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.