Henrik

Where Henrik comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Henrik.

Henrik through the years
  1. 1828
    Henrik Ibsen born
    Norwegian playwright and theatre director
  2. 1857
    Henrik Pontoppidan born
    Danish writer, Nobel Laureate
  3. 1935
    First appearance
    #3,645 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2018
    Peak, #758
    313 babies named Henrik, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Henrik Ibsen · Norwegian playwright and theatre director, 1828–1906
  • Henrik Pontoppidan · Danish writer, Nobel Laureate, 1857–1943
  • Henrik Dam · Danish biochemist and physiologist, 1895–1976
  • Henrik Larsson · Swedish association football player and manager and floorball player, born 1971
  • Henrik Wergeland · Norwegian writer, 1808–1845

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.