Henning Name Meaning & Origin
Henning
Origin of the name Henry:
From the French Henri, from the German Heinrich, which is from the Old High German Haganrih (ruler of an enclosure), a compound name composed from the elements hag (an enclosure, a hedging-in) and rihhi (ruler), and from the Old High German Heimerich (home ruler), a compound name composed from the elements heim (home) and rik (ruler, king). The name, introduced by the Normans and borne by eight English kings, took the English vernacular form of Harry until the 17th century, when Henry became popular and Harry was used as the pet form.
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German and Frisian pet name for Heinrich or Johannes.
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Henning Mankell, Swedish author
Generalmajor Henning von Tresckow, one of the conspirators in the July 20 Plot to kill Hitler.- Henning in song, story & screen