Heinrich

HINE-rish

German

"estate ruler"

Heinrich Origin and Meaning

The name Heinrich is a boy's name of German, Dutch origin meaning "estate ruler".

Traditional German names of this ilk have had a difficult time emigrating into the American name pool, mostly because anti-German sentiment during the two world wars of the 20th century drove German names out of fashion. One of Heinrich's nicknames, Harro, might do better.

Popularity of the name Heinrich

• 1587 Nameberry 2023
• 439 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Heinrich

• Heinrich Harrer Austrian mountaineer and author
• Heinrich Heine German writer
• Heinrich Himmler Nazi SS commander
• Heinrich Otto Wieland winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• Heinrich Böll winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Heinrich Rohrer winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
• Heinrich Scholz German logician and philosopher
• Heinrich Gottlob "Heiner" Rau East German politician
• (Ernst) Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué Prussian general
• Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser German physicist
• Heinrich Franz Bernhard Müller German civil engineer