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