# Henry
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛn.ɹi/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Proper noun

Henry (plural Henrys or Henries)
* A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in England since the Middle Ages.
** 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, [Act III, scene i], page 107, column 1:And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […]
** 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, “Cottage Names”, in Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery, volume IV, London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 72: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.
** 1878, Charles K[ittredge] True, “Dawn of the Reformation in Scotland—[…]”, in The Life and Times of John Knox, the Soul of the Scottish Reformation, Cincinnati, Oh.: Hitchcock and Walden; New York, N.Y.: Nelson & Phillips, page 18:Walter [Map] was one of the remarkable men who stand before us as the representatives of a sudden outburst of literary, social, and religious criticism which followed the growth of romance and the appearance of a freer historical tone in the court of the two Henrys.
** 1924, Walter de la Mare, “Kings and Queens”, in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes […], London; Bombay; Sydney, N.S.W.: Constable & Company Ltd, page 4:Eight Henries, one Mary, / One Elizabeth; / Crowned and throned Kings and Queens / Now lie still in death.
* A French and English surname originating as a patronymic.
* A locale in the United States:
** A small city in Marshall County, Illinois; named for Illinois militia officer James D. Henry.
** An unincorporated community in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
** A village in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska; named for Henry Nichols, late son of the original owner of the town site.
** A small town in Codington County, South Dakota; named for early settler J. D. Henry.
** A small town in Henry county, Tennessee.
** A number of townships, listed under Henry Township.

##### Alternative forms

* (French surname): Henri, Henrie

##### Derived terms

* Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar
* Henry County
* Henry VIII clause

##### Related terms

* pet forms: Hal, Hank, Harry
* feminine forms: Harriet, Henrietta
* Barry
* Fitzhenry
* Halson
* Hance
* Hancock
* Hankin
* Hann
* Hansom
* Hanson
* Harries
* Harriot
* Harris
* Harrison
* Harry
* Hasson
* Haw
* Hawe
* Hawes
* Hawkin
* Hawking
* Hawkings
* Hawkins
* Hawkyns
* Hawson
* Henderson
* Hendrey
* Hendrick
* Hendricks
* Hendrie
* Hendrix
* Hendry
* Henn
* Henson
* Herriot
* McHenry
* Parry
* Pendry
* Penry
* Perry

##### Translations
#### Noun

Henry (plural Henries)
* (UK) Ellipsis of Henry hoover; a common brand of vacuum cleaner.
    Grab the Henry and give it a once over, would you?

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* Henery

#### Proper noun

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

##### Alternative forms

* Henery, Hendry

### Anagrams

* Rhyne, rhyne, yrneh

## Danish
### Proper noun

Henry
* a male given name borrowed from English

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ̃.ʁi/

### Proper noun

Henry m
* a surname originating as a patronymic
* a male given name, a less common spelling of Henri

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Henry n (strong, genitive Henry, plural Henry)
* (physics) henry (unit of electrical inductance)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Henry m (proper noun, strong, genitive Henrys, plural Henrys)
* a male given name from English

#### Declension
## Middle French
### Proper noun

Henry
* a male given name

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Henry
* a male given name borrowed from English

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Henry. Doublet of Enrique.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxenri/ [ˈxẽn.ri]
* Rhymes: -enri
* Syllabification: Hen‧ry

### Proper noun

Henry m
* a male given name from English

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Henry c (genitive Henrys)
* a male given name borrowed from English

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Henry.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhenɾi/ [ˈhɛn̪.ɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -enɾi
* Syllabification: Hen‧ry

### Proper noun

Henry (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* a male given name from English