Meaning and background
The story behind Henny
Henny appears as a diminutive in Dutch and Scandinavian naming traditions. Behind the Name documents links to Henriette and Hendrika, and in Dutch it can also shorten Hendrik. That makes it more flexible than a single feminine translation suggests. Although it resembles the English word 'hen', the personal-name history is separate from poultry vocabulary. Dutch pronunciation is two syllables, with a voiced initial sound characteristic of that language.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Henny appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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