Henri

Where Henri comes from

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  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Henri through the years
  1. 1859
    Henri Bergson born
    French philosopher
  2. 1869
    Henri Matisse born
    French artist
  3. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1888
    Peak, #755
    8 babies named Henri, its best rank.
  5. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  6. 1905
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Henri Matisse · French artist, 1869–1954
  • Henri Bergson · French philosopher, 1859–1941
  • Henri Poincaré · French mathematician, physicist and engineer, 1854–1912
  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · French painter and illustrator, 1864–1901
  • Henri Barbusse · French author, 1873–1935

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.