Henriette

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.

• French:/ɑ̃.ʁjɛt/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Danish:/ˌhɛnʁiˈɛd̥ə/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Henriette is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.

• French56%

  French feminine of Henri, from Germanic haim “home” + rīc “power, ruler”.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  Feminine of Henri, Germanic 'home' + 'power'.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  a female given name, masculine equivalent Henri

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

  Origine germanique, « maison de roi ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• English12%

  French feminine form of Henri; ‘home ruler’

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• German9.3%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Henriette in German.

• Danish6.5%

  a female given name; diminutive form Jette

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

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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 Henriette, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Georgette
• Antoinette
• Babette
• Claudette
• Mariette

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.

Henriette is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Danish given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

  Also written Henriëtte

• Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Henriëtte

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Henriëtte, Henrïette, Henrie͏̈tte

• a separate given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Netherlands, Sweden

  Also written Henriëtte

• Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Henriëtte, Henriétte

• Polish given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Netherlands, United States, Norway

  Also written Henriëtte

45 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.

• Sophia of Nassaub. 1836DEnot in their usual nameSwedish queen (1836–1913)
• Dora Maarb. 1907FRnot in their usual nameFrench photographer and painter (1907–1997)
• Liliane Bettencourtb. 1922FRnot in their usual nameFrench heiress, socialite and businesswoman

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 40 countries.

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

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

French feminine of Henri, from Germanic haim “home” + rīc “power, ruler”. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

What are other forms of the name Henriette?

In the etymology graph, Harriet, Ina and Heike are forms of the same name in other languages.

Is Henriette a male or female name?

Henriette is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: France (INSEE, 2011), Norway (SSB), Netherlands (Meertens NVB) and Denmark (Danmarks Statistik), among others.

Which countries have the most people named Henriette?

Mondonomo estimates about 49 thousand people named Henriette in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled henriette. After it come Netherlands, Cameroon, France and Germany; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Henriette most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Henriette is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 585 people — even though Congo - Kinshasa holds more of our records for it.

How do you pronounce Henriette?

It depends on the language: in French /ɑ̃.ʁjɛt/ (Wiktionary); in Danish /ˌhɛnʁiˈɛd̥ə/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Henriette?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted 29,536 people named Henriette, about 1 in 585 residents.

How common is Henriette compared with other names?

In Congo - Kinshasa, Henriette is the 249th most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.