Hendrik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEN-drik
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Hendrik is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home + ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Hendrik mean?
Germanic: Dutch form of Henry
“home + ruler”
The Dutch form of Henry; physicist Hendrik Lorentz shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Is Hendrik a girl's or a boy's name?
Hendrik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hendrik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hendrik, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hendrik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Hendrik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Hendrick 7
- Hendrik 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hendrik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Hendrik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,604th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Hendrik, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Hendrik in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 131 boys in the US were given Hendrik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,266, up from #2,604 for this spelling alone.
- Hendrick 81
- Hendrik 50
Hendrik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,361 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,012 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,132 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Nicknames for Hendrik
- Henk
Names like Hendrik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, River, Albie, Hugo, Bodhi, Aarav, Advik, Hunter, Enzo, Jaxon, Remy, Milo
Other spellings of Hendrik
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hendrik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hendrik, updated 20 October 2026.