What Names Mean

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Henry: Usually rendered "home-ruler," or "chief of the house." The Gothic name is Heinric, the Anglo-Saxon Henric and Cynric, and the North High German, Heinrich; but all these names are the same as the old Hunoricus, from kunreich, "illustrious for strength." The English name Henry, formerly also Henrie, Henri, Herry, now Harry, is derived from the Old French and French Henri. Danish, Hendrik; Dutch, Hendrik; German, Heinrich; Italian, Enrico, or Errico; Latin, Henricus; Portuguese, Henrique; Spanish, Enrique; S