Henrik

Danish

Proper noun

Henrik

1. A male given name, cognate with English Henry.

Related terms

• (male given names) Harry, Henry
• (female given names) Henny, Henriette, Henrikke, Jette
• (surnames) Henriksen

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 66 091 males with the given name Henrik have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Old Swedish. Cognate with Swedish Henrik and English Henry.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhenrik/
• Hyphenation: Hen‧rik

Proper noun

Henrik

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Henrik (type risti) singular plural nominative Henrik Henrikit genitive Henrikin Henrikien partitive Henrikiä Henrikejä accusative Henrik Henrikin Henrikit inessive Henrikissä Henrikeissä elative Henrikistä Henrikeistä illative Henrikiin Henrikeihin adessive Henrikillä Henrikeillä ablative Henrikiltä Henrikeiltä allative Henrikille Henrikeille essive Henrikinä Henrikeinä translative Henrikiksi Henrikeiksi instructive – Henrikein abessive Henrikittä Henrikeittä comitative – Henrikeineen

Usage notes

• Used for kings, saints and other historical persons. Most common given name form: Heikki.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɛnrik/

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• Hyphenation: Hen‧rik

Proper noun

Henrik

1. A male given name, cognate to Henry.

Declension

declension of Henrik singular plural nominative Henrik Henrikek accusative Henriket Henrikeket dative Henriknek Henrikeknek instrumental Henrikkel Henrikekkel causal-final Henrikért Henrikekért translative Henrikké Henrikekké terminative Henrikig Henrikekig essive-formal Henrikként Henrikekként essive-modal - - inessive Henrikben Henrikekben superessive Henriken Henrikeken adessive Henriknél Henrikeknél illative Henrikbe Henrikekbe sublative Henrikre Henrikekre allative Henrikhez Henrikekhez elative Henrikből Henrikekből delative Henrikről Henrikekről ablative Henriktől Henrikektől

possessives of Henrik possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. Henrikem Henrikjeim 2nd person sing. Henriked Henrikjeid 3rd person sing. Henrikje Henrikjei 1st person plural Henrikünk Henrikjeink 2nd person plural Henriketek Henrikjeitek 3rd person plural Henrikjük Henrikjeik

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Norwegian

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Heinrich and English Henry. First recorded as a given name in Norway in the 13th century.

Proper noun

Henrik

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Harry, Henry
• (feminine forms) Henny, Henriette, Henrikke
• (surnames) Henriksen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 248 males with the given name Henrik living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Heinrich and English Henry. First recorded in Sweden in 1208.

Proper noun

Henrik

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Harry, Henry
• (female given names) Harriet, Henny, Henrietta, Henrika
• (surnames) Henriksson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 60 541 males with the given name Henrik living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.