Baby name
RISING
🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Henri
/ahn · REE/
Meaning
“Home ruler”
French and Finnish form of Henry, from Germanic 'Heimrich' meaning home ruler; Henri Matisse and Henri Cartier-Bresson gave the name French artistic prestige.
Nicknames
henry · hank
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Elegant and effortlessly cool; currently rising in France and increasingly in the US.
The cultural moment.
Rising in France since 2015; also gaining traction in the US as a French-inflected Henry alternative.