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    The first name Henriette

    A girl’s name from French meaning “henry”.

    3 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    French origin

    Henriette means “henry” in French.

    From French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”) coined in the seventeenth century; in English more popular as Harriet and Henrietta.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity

    Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025

    Henriette last appeared in the official list in 2022, given to 3 girls. It peaked in 1996, with 3 births (#3,795).

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    33
    babies named Henriette, 1996–2025
    #5,669
    rank in 2022
    1996
    peak year

    Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Henriette with other names.

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Henriette at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2024, 6 girls born in the United States were named Henriette, the 14,105th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1915, when 53 were.

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    1,373
    babies named Henriette since 1880
    #14,105
    rank in 2024
    1915
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Henriette

    71 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Louise Henriette de Bourbon
      Duchess of Orléans (1726–1759)
    • Henriette Avram
      American computer programmer and system analyst (1919–2006)
    • Henriette Roland Holst
      Dutch politician, editor (1869-1952)
    • Princess Henriette of Belgium
      Belgian royal (1870–1948)
    • Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
      Dutch-Belgian painter (1821–1909)
    • Henriette Sontag
      German operatic singer (1806-1854)
    • Henriette Ekwe Ebongo
      Cameroonian journalist and political activist, born 1949
    • Henriette d'Angeville
      French female mountain climber (1794-1871)
    • Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan
      French lady's maid and memoirist (1752-1822)
    • Henriette Reker
      German lawyer and independent politician; first female Lord Mayor of Cologne, born 1956
    • Henriette Mikkelsen
      Danish handball player, born 1980
    • Henriette Confurius
      German actress, born 1991

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    Questions

    What does the name Henriette mean?
    Henriette means “henry” in French.
    What is the origin of the name Henriette?
    From French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”) coined in the seventeenth century; in English more popular as Harriet and Henrietta.
    How popular is the name Henriette?
    In 2022, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Henriette, ranking 5,669th. Its peak was 1996, with 3 births.
    Is Henriette a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,373 US babies named Henriette since 1880 were girls.
    When was Henriette most popular?
    1915 in the United States, when 53 babies were named Henriette, its highest rank at 911th.