Henry (surname)

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Henry is an English male given name and an Irish and French[1][2] surname, borrowed from Old French, originally of Germanic origin (Haimirich) from the elements haim ("home") and ric ("powerful"). Equivalents in other languages are Anraí (Irish), Eanruig (Scots Gaelic), Enrico, Amerigo (Italian), Enrique (Spanish), Heinrich (German), Henning (Swedish), Henri (Modern French), Henrik (Hungarian and Scandinavian), Henrique (Portuguese), Henryk (Polish), (H)enric (Occitan surname[3]), Hendrik (Dutch), and Genrikh (Russian), among others.

People with the surname

Academics and scientists

Artists and entertainers

Clergy

Politicians and public servants

Athletes

Other people

People with the pen name

  • O. Henry, pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862–1910)
  • Will Henry, pen name of American screenwriter Henry Wilson Allen (1912–1991)
  • Will Henry, pen name of William Henry Wilson, cartoonist and writer of Wallace the Brave

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See also

References

  1. Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 324b.
  2. Repartition of the surname Henry in France
  3. Dauzat 324b

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