Enrico - Meaning of Enrico

What does Enrico mean?

[ 3 syll. e-nri-co, en-r-ico ] The baby boy name Enrico is pronounced as eh-NRIY-Kow †. Enrico is used predominantly in Italian and its origin is Germanic. Enrico is a variation of the name Henry (English).

The contracted forms Ricco (Italian) and Rico (Italian) are variants of the name.

See also the related forms, Enriko (German) and Manrico.

See also the related categories, italian and germanic (german).

Enrico is rare as a baby boy name. At the peak of its usage in 1921, 0.008% of baby boys were named Enrico. It was #660 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a loss in popularity since then, and is currently of very modest use. In 2018, out of the family of boy names directly related to Enrico, Henry was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Enrico include Emeric, Emerich, Emerick, Emmerich, Emmorea, Emorea, Enriko, Enrikos, Enrique, Aimeric, Henrique, Emmerea, Aimerea, Emra, Emrah, Emric, Emrick, Emrik, Emrique, and Emris.

† English pronunciation for Enrico: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"

A famous person named Enrico is Enrico Fermi, Physicist, born 29 September 1901, Rome, Italy.