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Hendry

Boy · HEN-dree · Germanic

Hendry is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Hendry mean?

Germanic: Scottish form of Henry, via a surname

“home ruler”

A Scottish surname form of Henry, borne by seven-time world snooker champion Stephen Hendry.

Say it
HEN-dree

More on Wiktionary.

Is Hendry a girl's or a boy's name?

Hendry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hendry in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hendry, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 4 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 4 in 19992025
Hendry in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20243#5,198
20230–
20220–
20213#4,989
20204#4,025
20191#6,258
20181#6,277
20171#6,312
20160–
20151#6,220
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20101#6,148
20091#6,016
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20041#4,870
20030–
20020–
20011#4,138
20001#4,018
19994#2,513

How popular is Hendry in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Hendry, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.

Half of all the boys named Hendry in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1926Busiest: 10 in 20162025
Hendry in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
202410#7,760
20237#9,757
20220–
20217#9,709
20206#10,599
20190–
20185#12,150
20177#9,691
201610#7,600
20158#8,739
20148#8,775
20135#12,129
20127#9,703
20119#8,072
20105#12,224
20097#9,859
20089#8,319
20076#10,915
20065#12,048
20050–
20045#11,348
20030–
20020–
20016#9,236
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19865#6,715
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19266#3,706

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