Endrick
Meaning
“Brazilian take on Hendrick, from Germanic Henry, 'home ruler'; part of Brazil's long fashion for English-styled names, and famously borne by teenage striker Endrick”
The story
Endrick belongs to Brazil's long, joyful tradition of English-styled names: a homegrown take on Hendrick, which descends from Henry, the Germanic name meaning home ruler. Brazilian parents have spent decades coining names that sound vaguely English and entirely new, and Endrick may be the tradition's most famous export yet. Endrick Felipe was a Palmeiras prodigy so precocious that Real Madrid agreed to sign him while he was still sixteen, and he scored for Brazil's senior team at seventeen, including a winner at Wembley. The old bones of Henry, a ruler of the home, sit quietly underneath all that novelty. In American records Endrick had never appeared before its first flicker in the 2020s, arriving on the chart at almost the same moment its bearer arrived in Madrid; we cannot prove the connection, but the timing is hard not to notice.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Endrick peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,431 people · the #6,477 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 142,857 · median age 7
Among people named Endrick living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 494 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Endrick
Most people given the name Endrick in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Endrick deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Endrick truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Endrick fits with your family’s names and surname.
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