Henrietta is a female given name. The pronunciation of the name is [ hen-ree-et-uh ]. It comes from the male given name Henry which means "ruler of the household" or "estate ruler." Henrietta is the English form of the French name Henriette. The short version of this name is Harriet. In some English-speaking areas, Henrietta is not used as much as it used to be. Harriet, however, is popular for certain countries. Both Henrietta and Harriet were most popular in the 1960s in United States. Henrietta itself ranked 446th in popularity in the 1990 census. This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021). view more...