Henriette

Where Henriette comes from

From French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”) coined in the seventeenth century; in English more popular as Harriet and Henrietta.
— Wiktionary's entry for Henriette
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1764
    Henriette Herz born
    German writer
  2. 1881
    First appearance
    #830 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #634
    9 babies named Henriette — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1919
    Henriette Avram born
    American computer programmer and system analyst
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Henriette Avram · American computer programmer and system analyst, 1919–2006
  • Henriette Herz · German writer, 1764–1847
  • Henriette Sontag · German operatic singer, 1806–1854
  • Henriette d'Angeville · French female mountain climber, 1794–1871

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.