Henry (surname)

Henry is an English male given name and an Irish and French 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), Hendrik (Dutch), and Genrikh (Russian), among others.