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Throughout the world, Henning (Henning , 亨宁 , Хеннинг ) is a common boy's given name. The given name Henning is habitual in Germany, where it is quite a common boy's name, Denmark, and Sweden, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Germany, South Africa, and Denmark. Also, Henning is the last name as well as the forename.
Henning is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Henning Primdahl , character in Drengene fra Angora; Henning von Anstetten , the soap opera character, Verbotene Liebe and Henning Moller , the operatic character in the opera Der Roland von Berlin.