Hendrik

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• German:/ˈhɛn.drɪk/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Dutch:/ˈɦɛn.drɪk/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Indonesian:/hˈɛndrik/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Hendrik is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• German33%

  männl. Vom., niederländische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• English21%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Hendrik in English.

• Dutch20%

  a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Henry

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Indonesian9.5%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Hendrik in Indonesian.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Hendrik, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Willem
• Frederik
• Dutch
• Johan
• Konrad

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Hendrik is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, South Africa

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Hëñdrîk

• Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, South Africa, Venezuela, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hendrík, Hëndrik

• Hindi given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Africa, Netherlands, United States, India

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Hendrick, হেনডরিক

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Hendrik is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Estonian, a male given name, equivalent to English Henry

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Dutch and Scandinavian form of HENRY .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Leo Hendrik Baekelandb. 1863BEBelgium American inventor (1863-1944)
• Hendrik Verwoerdb. 1901ZAPrime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966
• Johan Cruyffb. 1947NLnot in their usual nameDutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

71 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 34 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Hendrik?

In the etymology graph, Enrique, Henry and Harry are forms of the same name in other languages; Heiko and Henk are recorded short or pet forms.

What does the name Hendrik mean, and where does it come from?

a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Henry Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Hendrik a male or female name?

Hendrik is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Netherlands (Meertens NVB), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Finland (DVV), among others.

How do you pronounce Hendrik?

It depends on the language: in German /ˈhɛn.drɪk/ (Wiktionary); in Dutch /ˈɦɛn.drɪk/ (Wiktionary); in Indonesian /hˈɛndrik/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people named Hendrik?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 213 thousand people named Hendrik, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hendrik. After it come South Africa, Germany, United States and Belgium; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Hendrik most common?

Hendrik is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 81 people carrying it.

How common is the name Hendrik?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted 212,880 people named Hendrik, about 1 in 81 residents.

How common is Hendrik compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Hendrik is the 123rd most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.