Henny
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Henrika and Henrietta. From a diminutive of Henrietta and Henrika in imitation of the English Henny. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1826.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Henny (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Henny has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 15 |
| 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 23 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 29 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2022 | 24 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,681 |
| 2000 | 1,616 |
| 2001 | 1,547 |
| 2002 | 1,478 |
| 2003 | 1,401 |
| 2004 | 1,341 |
| 2005 | 1,283 |
| 2006 | 1,222 |
| 2007 | 1,163 |
| 2008 | 1,130 |
| 2009 | 1,069 |
| 2010 | 1,024 |
| 2011 | 979 |
| 2012 | 944 |
| 2013 | 900 |
| 2014 | 869 |
| 2015 | 851 |
| 2016 | 829 |
| 2017 | 815 |
| 2018 | 799 |
| 2019 | 794 |
| 2020 | 794 |
Henny in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Henny.Hi! My name is Henny.
- Henny bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Henny lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Henny i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Henny this afternoon.
- Hennys mamma är lärare.Henny's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hennys mamma is Henny's mum.
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Questions about Henny
How do you pronounce Henny in Swedish?
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What does the name Henny mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Henrika and Henrietta. From a diminutive of Henrietta and Henrika in imitation of the English Henny. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1826.
How popular is Henny in Sweden?
24 babies were named Henny in 2022. In 2020, 794 people in Sweden had Henny as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.