Henrykh
A rare spelling of Henryk, carried by just 69 men in Poland and given to no newborns for as far back as the records run. Both forms come from a Germanic root meaning "home ruler".
Henrykh Pronunciation
Henrykh is pronounced KHEN-rihkkh (/ˈxɛnrɨkx/).
What Henrykh means
Where Henrykh comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
"Henrykh" traces back to Germanic roots, built from "heim," meaning home, and "ric," meaning ruler. Together they give the short meaning it carries today: home ruler, or in Polish władca domu. The same two parts sit inside the German Heinrich, the French Henri, and the English Henry.
In Poland the name settled as Henryk, and "henrykh" reads as a spelling variant of that form. From Henryk grew the warm diminutive Henio, the name a boy answers to at home. Girls carry the cross-gender Henryka.
The name-day falls on 13 July, tied to Henry II, the Holy Roman Emperor crowned in the eleventh century. Poland's best-known Henryk is Sienkiewicz, the novelist who won the Nobel Prize in 1905. On a class register the name still appears plainly: Henryk, władca domu.
How many people are named Henrykh
1 in 309365 men in Poland is named Henrykh. 69 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4344 among male names.