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Hendrik - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Hendrik

[ 2 syll. hen-drik, he-ndr-ik ] The boy name Hendrik is pronounced HHEHNDRihK KEY. Hendrik is of Germanic origin. It is used mainly in Dutch, English, Estonian, German, and Scandinavian. Hendrik is a variant of Henry (English). The short forms Henk (Dutch) and Rik (Dutch) are variants of the name. See also the related form, Endrik (German).

Hendrik is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly related to Hendrik, Henry (English) was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Hendrik include Hendrick (German) and Hendricus (Dutch).

KEY: Pronunciation for Hendrik: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


 
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