Enrique

given name · Latin script

Meaning: from Germanic *haim- 'home' + *rīk- 'power, ruler'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Enrique is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 416(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 423
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 491

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

118,311 people

#196 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
503 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 416 (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

EnriqueLatin(measured from records)
ΕνρικεGreek(measured from records)

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.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Germanic *haim- 'home' + *rīk- 'power, ruler'

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Enrique counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Enrique is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#40118,3111 in 423123KEnrique275
AR Argentina#65≈110,000 est.≈1 in 41614KEnrique163
US United States#61490,0431 in 3.7K90KEnrique503
PH Philippines—≈62,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Enrique125
PE Peru#24≈58,000 est.≈1 in 553—Enrique159
EC Ecuador#1421,2151 in 79721KEnrique100
PY Paraguay#663≈15,000 est.≈1 in 491—Enrique71

118,311 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Enrique is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Enriqué, Enríque, Enriquè, Enrïqüë, Ĕņriqůe

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Enríque, Enriqùe, Enriqué, Énrique

  • French given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Spain

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Enriqué, Ënrïqüë, Eñřìqüé, Êñrïqúé, Enriquê

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Peru, Spain, United States

    Also written Ënrïqüë

  • Russian given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Russia, United States, Spain

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Энрике, Енріке, Henrique, Enrike, Iko

  • Polish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Spain, Peru

    Also written Ëňřîqűę, Ęńrįqūę, Enrįquę, Ênrîqûę

  • Danish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Denmark, Peru

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Ėnriqůė, Enrįquė, Enriqué

81 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Enrique is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • From German Heinrich (see German supplement) or English Henry (see main dictionary). Feminine form: Enriqueta. ' Ernesto ¢ From German (Ernst (see German supplement) or English Ernest (see main dictionary).

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

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

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Spanish, Germánico Haimirich, ‘jefe del hogar’ o ‘príncipe de la casa’

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • In Swedish, Se Henrik.

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

  • Defensor

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Henry II of Castile, b. 1334Enrique III of Castile, b. 1379Henry IV of Castile, b. 1425Carlos Pellegrini, b. 1846Omar Sívori, b. 1935Enrique Cerezo, b. 1948Quique Setién, b. 1958Enrique Peña Nieto, b. 1966Enrique Iglesias, b. 1975José Jerí, b. 1986

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 91 sources across 46 countries.

Official registers attesting Enrique
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—123K#38
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—118K#74
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202090K#590
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202421K#118
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025517—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020188#590
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)2024188#523
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)202454—
AR Argentinadatos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015)201521—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)201521—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20035—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Enrique mean, and where does it come from?
from Germanic *haim- 'home' + *rīk- 'power, ruler' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
What are other forms of the name Enrique?
In the etymology graph, Henry, Harry and Henrique are forms of the same name in other languages; Quique is a recorded short or pet form.
Is Enrique a male or female name?
Enrique is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Enrique have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 118 thousand people named Enrique, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled enrique.
How common is the name Enrique?
In Spain, the national register counted 118,311 people named Enrique, about 1 in 423 residents.
How common is Enrique compared with other names?
In Spain, Enrique is the 40th most common given name of 135,644 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Enrique” — the 40th most common given name in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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