Name profile

Enrique

masculine

91First-name usabilityHighly workable

Evidence coverageGood

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Spanish form of Heinrich (see Henry), derived from Germanic elements conventionally glossed as "home" and "power/ruler."

Why it works

English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #571 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Enrique means The Spanish form of Heinrich/Henry, ultimately from Germanic elements conventionally glossed as "home" and "power/ruler," i.e. broadly "ruler of the home" or "home ruler.".

Primarily used in Spanish-speaking countries as the standard Spanish cognate of Henry/Heinrich; carries a classic, formal register in those cultures and functions in the United States partly as a Hispanic-heritage name and partly through the visibility of contemporary bearers.

Documented origin: Spanish form of Heinrich (see Henry), derived from Germanic elements conventionally glossed as "home" and "power/ruler."

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

Englishen-REE-keh — Spanishresearched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

Spanish: /en.ˈri.ke/

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #571 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

Spelling note: Enrico.

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