Henning
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See also: henning
Danish
Etymology
From a Middle Low German pet form of Johannes ( =John) and Heinrich ( =Henry) borrowed into Scandinavia in the Middle Ages; partly confused with Hemming, a saint's name of Old Norse origin.
Proper noun
Henning
- a male given name
Related terms
- (surname) Henningsen
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 42 333 males with the given Henning name have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Henning
- a male given name, equivalent to Danish Henning
Swedish
Proper noun
Henning c (genitive Hennings)
- a male given name, equivalent to Danish Henning
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names