Henry

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛn.ɹi/

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

Henry

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in England since Middle Ages; the name of eight kings.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     : Act III, Scene I:

     And now I fear the fatal prophecy, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fifth, / Was in the mouth of every mocking babe; / That Henry born at Monmouth should win all; / And Henry born at Windsor should lose all.

   • 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:

     Henry now, what a soft swain your Henry is! the proper theme of gentle poesy; a name to fall in love withal; devoted at the font to song and sonnet, and the tender passion; a baptized inamorato; a christened hero. Call him Harry, and see how you ameliorate his condition.

2. A French and English surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Illinois; named for Illinois militia officer James D. Henry.
   2. A town in South Dakota; named for early settler J. D. Henry.
   3. A village in Nebraska; named for Henry Nichols, late son of the original owner of the town site.
   4. An unincorporated community in Indiana.

• (French surname): Henri, Henrie

• Henry County
• Henry VIII clause

• pet forms: Hal, Hank, Harry
• feminine forms: Harriet, Henrietta

Henry (plural Henries)

1. (UK) Ellipsis of Henry hoover; a common brand of vacuum cleaner.

   Grab the Henry and give it a once over, would you?

• Henery

Henry

1. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó hInneirghe (“descendant of Inneirghe”).
2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac Éinrí, Mac Hannraoi, Mac Annraoi (“son of Henry”) (McHenry)

• Henery, Hendry

• Rhyne, rhyne, yrneh

Henry

1. a male given name borrowed from English

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁi/

Henry m

1. a surname originating as a patronymic
2. a male given name, a less common spelling of Henri

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Henry n (strong, genitive Henry, plural Henry)

1. (physics) henry (unit of electrical inductance)

Henry m (proper noun, strong, genitive Henrys, plural Henrys)

1. a male given name from English

Henry

1. a male given name

Henry

1. a male given name borrowed from English

Henry c (genitive Henrys)

1. a male given name borrowed from English

Borrowed from English Henry.

Henry

1. a male given name from English