Heri
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Swahili: 'happiness'; used in the farewell phrase 'kwa heri' ('with happiness')
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hˈɛri/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Heri is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 44th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 26K
- TZTanzania≈1 in 4.3K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 188 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈170,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Swahili: 'happiness'; used in the farewell phrase 'kwa heri' ('with happiness').
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Heri 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #44 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | listed | Heri | 188 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Heri | 23 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Heri | 26 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Heri | 14 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 215K | 1 | — | 3 |
| BR Brazil | — | 278 | 1 in 762K | 278 | — | — |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈97 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Heri | 14 |
| FO Faroe Islands | — | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 49K | 122 | — | 1 |
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: the id-github-names register; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Heri 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.
Happiness; goodness.
as a nameThe African book of names
In Icelandic, indefinite accusative plural of her
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of へり
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swahili, happiness, good (things)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In srn, complete, full, whole
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Heri Akhmadib. 1953IDIndonesian politician and diplomat
- Heri Donob. 1960IDIndonesian sculptor, art painter and installation artist (born 1960)
- Heri Ziskab. 1967Danish athlete
- Heri Joensenb. 1973FOFaroese singer and guitarist
- Heri Olsenb. 1973Faroese association football player
- Heri Cahyadib. 1975IDbadminton player
- Heri Setiawanb. 1987IDIndonesian badminton player
- Heri Saputrab. 1989IDIndonesian footballer
- Heri Mohrb. 1997Faroese association football player
- Heri Martinez de Diosb. 2000CUbusinessperson
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 278 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 249 | #20,117 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 179 | — |
| FO Faroe Islands | Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024) | — | 122 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 118 | — |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 115 | #16,992 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 99 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 81 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 63 | #44,087 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 61 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 59 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2000 | 37 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Heri mean, and where does it come from?
- Swahili: 'happiness'; used in the farewell phrase 'kwa heri' ('with happiness'). Recorded by African Names.
- How do you pronounce Heri?
- A machine transcription gives /hˈɛri/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Heri a male or female name?
- Heri 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 Heri have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 170 thousand people named Heri in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled heri.
- How common is the name Heri?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 278 people named Heri in 2022, about 1 in 762 thousand residents.
- How common is Heri compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Heri is the 44th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Heri?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/heriThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Heri” — the 44th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.