Enrique
The Spanish cousin of Poland's own Henryk, both built from the Germanic *heim* and *rīc*, "ruler of the home". Barely a few hundred men here carry it, so meeting an Enrique tends to stick with you.
Enrique Pronunciation
What Enrique means
Where Enrique comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Enrique is the Spanish form of a name assembled from two old Germanic words: heim, home, and rīc, ruler or power. Together they were read as ruler of the home. The same root produced Henry in English, Heinrich in German, and Henryk in Polish, all tracing back to the Frankish Heimirich.
Castile gave the name its royal weight. Several kings of Castile were called Enrique, among them Enrique II, who took the throne in 1369 after a long civil war. The scholar Enrique de Villena, born around 1384, wrote a treatise on the art of carving meat at table and became a figure of legend after his death, remembered as a man who dabbled in magic.
The meaning stayed close to a household rather than a kingdom. A ruler of the home is a small sovereign. On an urząd form in Kraków today, a boy named Enrique would sign beside the Polish Henryk, two branches of one Germanic stock.
How many people are named Enrique
1 in 81474 men in Poland is named Enrique. 262 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1891 among male names.
Enrique's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1554 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Enrique as a middle name
Enrique is a first name for 262 men in Poland and a middle name for another 735, a 26/74 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 267th, between Anatol (735) and Helmut (727).
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#265 Jean746
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#266 Anatol735
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#267 Enrique735
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#268 Helmut727
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#269 Charles709