Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 Henrietta
/hen · ree · ET · ah/
Meaning
“Home ruler”
Latinate feminine form of Henry, from Germanic 'Heimrich'; Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I, brought the name royal English prestige.
Nicknames
hettie · etta · retta
Vibe
warmelegant
How it ages.
Grand and Victorian; currently reviving in the UK as parents rediscover full-form names.
The cultural moment.
Rare in the UK through the late 20th century; climbing since 2015.