Henrike

Henrike is the feminine form of the male given name Henrik .

Origin and meaning

Henrike is the feminine form of the male given name Henrik . Henrik or Hendrik is in turn the Swedish form of the German male given name Heinrich .

Thus Henrike as the feminine form of Heinrich means something like "mistress of the house" or "rich in estate and court" . For more on the origin and meaning see Heinrich .

name day

The December 6 is name day of St. Henrika Faßbender

For further name days see Heinrich .

variants

• German : Heinke, Henriett , Henrieke, Heinrike, Henna, Henni, Hennie, Henny , Hendrike, Hattie , Hatty, Hetti, Hetty , Rieke, Rika, Rike
  • Frisian : Haike, Heike
  • Low German : Haike, Heike
• English : Harriet , Harriett, Hetty
• French : Henriette
• Dutch : Hendrikje, Jetta, Jette, Rieka, Rieke
• Hebrew : Hanja, Henja

• further male variants under Heinrich

Well-known namesake

• Hendrike Brenninkmeyer (* 1973), German journalist and television presenter
• Henrike Fehrs (* 1984), German actress and voice actress
• Henrike von Kuick (* 1982), German actress and voice actress
• Henrike Heiland (* 1975), German writer
• Henrike Lähnemann (* 1968), Germanist and Professor of German Medieval Studies
• Henrike Leonhardt (* 1943), German writer
• Henrike Meiforth (* 1987), German soccer player
• Henrike Müller (* 1975), German political scientist and politician ( Alliance 90 / The Greens )
• Henrike von Platen (* 1971), German business economist and women's rights activist
• Henrike Sahlmann (* 1997), German soccer player
• Hendrike von Sydow († 1956), German cabaret artist ( Frankfurter Fronttheater )
• Henrike Willinger (* before 1949), Austrian table tennis player
• Henrike Zollfrank (* 1988), German soccer player

Other meanings

• Henrika , an asteroid