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“ruler of the home”
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German (Germany, Berlin)
01 / Meaning & origin
Heine is a masculine given name documented in German, Danish, Finnish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, with the stated meaning “ruler of the home”.
Meaning: “ruler of the home”
Shortened from German Heinrich, the German cognate of English Henry, originally from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks (“ruler of the home”), from *haimaz (“home”) and *rīks (“ruler, king”)
02 / Across borders
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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Heine
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | 4 | 384 | observed |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | 6 | 351 | observed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 7 | 341 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | 5 | 409 | observed |
| 1960 | 7 | 370 | observed |
| 1961 | 5 | 415 | observed |
| 1962 | 7 | 371 | observed |
| 1963 | 6 | 414 | observed |
| 1964 | 9 | 353 | observed |
| 1965 | 5 | 465 | observed |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | 8 | 382 | observed |
| 1968 | 10 | 350 | observed |
| 1969 | 18 | 253 | observed |
| 1970 | 11 | 341 | observed |
| 1971 | 12 | 330 | observed |
| 1972 | 14 | 307 | observed |
| 1973 | 8 | 432 | observed |
| 1974 | 8 | 448 | observed |
| 1975 | 12 | 341 | observed |
| 1976 | 23 | 227 | observed |
| 1977 | 15 | 290 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | 11 | 373 | observed |
| 1980 | 11 | 372 | observed |
| 1981 | 12 | 340 | observed |
| 1982 | 8 | 456 | observed |
| 1983 | 6 | 517 | observed |
| 1984 | 11 | 377 | observed |
| 1985 | 12 | 363 | observed |
| 1986 | 5 | 558 | observed |
| 1987 | 14 | 316 | observed |
| 1988 | 9 | 439 | observed |
| 1989 | 9 | 418 | observed |
| 1990 | 9 | 428 | observed |
| 1991 | 11 | 361 | observed |
| 1992 | 11 | 358 | observed |
| 1993 | 4 | 575 | observed |
| 1994 | 7 | 439 | observed |
| 1995 | 12 | 333 | observed |
| 1996 | 10 | 356 | observed |
| 1997 | 9 | 381 | observed |
| 1998 | 12 | 320 | observed |
| 1999 | 24 | 216 | observed |
| 2000 | 23 | 221 | observed |
| 2001 | 38 | 164 | observed |
| 2002 | 26 | 199 | observed |
| 2003 | 22 | 224 | observed |
| 2004 | 43 | 153 | observed |
| 2005 | 41 | 156 | observed |
| 2006 | 48 | 141 | observed |
| 2007 | 36 | 169 | observed |
| 2008 | 42 | 154 | observed |
| 2009 | 56 | 131 | observed |
| 2010 | 46 | 141 | observed |
| 2011 | 33 | 175 | observed |
| 2012 | 38 | 160 | observed |
| 2013 | 44 | 150 | observed |
| 2014 | 26 | 208 | observed |
| 2015 | 29 | 194 | observed |
| 2016 | 33 | 174 | observed |
| 2017 | 28 | 188 | observed |
| 2018 | 28 | 191 | observed |
| 2019 | 26 | 194 | observed |
| 2020 | 20 | 204 | observed |
| 2021 | 21 | 205 | observed |
| 2022 | 30 | 165 | observed |
| 2023 | 28 | 180 | observed |
| 2024 | 29 | 168 | observed |
| 2025 | 26 | 182 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Heine” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Heine— “home rule”
_Heine_, _m._ _Ger._ Teu. home rule, 310
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
American poet and frontiersman (1837–1913)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
