HENRIETTA  

Gender: F
Origin: Feminine variation of HENRY
Meaning: "estate ruler"

Despite a return to such feminizations of male names as Josephine, Clementine, and Theodora, starchy Henrietta has not made it into that group. Still, if you look hard enough, you'll see that Henrietta has the same vintage charm.

Variations:
Hettie, Etta, Henny, Hennie, Hatsy, Hanrietta, Hatty, Hatsie, Etty, Ettie, Hanriette, Harriet, Hen, Henia, Henie, Hattie, Harrietta

International Variations:
Rika, Jetje, Hendrika (Dutch) Rikka (Finnish) Henriette, Harriette (French) Heinricka, Enrika, Rike (German) Enrica (Italian) Henka, Henrieta (Polish) Enrica (Spanish) Henrika (Swedish)

Henrietta is being discussed in our message boards:

• Hattie, Peggy and Flossy
• let's talk about Gretchen!
• You guys gave me the first name-Now Help Me with a Middle!
• Looking for suggestions
• Triple A, Triple B, Triple C... Girls!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Henrietta:

• Ooooops! Baby Name Mistakes
• GIRLY NAMES WITH TOMBOY NICKNAMES
• THAT'S A LOTTA NAME
• PRINCESS NAMES
• READY FOR THEIR COMEBACK?