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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
Catalan language

Pronunciation
  
Eastern Catalan: [ənˈrik], Western Catalan: [enˈrik]

Meaning
  
"home ruler" or "Lord of the house"

Region of origin
  
Catalonia, Andorra, Valencia, Balearic Islands, Alguer, La Franja

Related names
  
Henry, Enrico, Heinrich, Enrique, Henrique, Henri

Enric ([ənˈrik]) is a Catalan common given name, the Catalan variant of Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages include Henry (English), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Scandinavian), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish) or Henrique (Portuguese) among others. Enric may refer to:

  • Enric Barbat (1943–2011), Catalan singer-songwriter
  • Enric Bernat (1923–2003), the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company
  • Enric Casadevall Medrano, Andorran politician
  • Enric Duran (Vilanova i la Geltrú 1976), anticapitalist activist and member of Faircoop
  • Enric Garriga i Trullols (1926–2011), Catalan independentist and activist for the Occitan Nation
  • Enric Gensana (1936–2005), important man in the FC Barcelona at the end of the fifties and beginning of the sixties
  • Enric Llaudet (1916–2003), Catalan businessman and sports leader who chaired FC Barcelona between 1961 and 1968
  • Enric Madriguera (1904–1975), Catalan child who was playing concerts before he studied at the Barcelona Conservatory
  • Enric Marco (born 1921), impostor who claimed to have been a prisoner in Nazi German concentration camps in World War II
  • Enric Martí Carreto, Catalan textile entrepreneur in the second half of the 20th century
  • Enric Martínez-Castignani (born 1970), Italo-Spanish baritone
  • Enric Masip (born 1969), one of the best handball players ever
  • Enric Miralles (1955–2000), Catalan architect
  • Enric Morera i Viura (or Enrique Morera) (1865–1942), Catalan musician and composer
  • Enric Prat de la Riba (1879–1917), Catalan politician
  • Enric Reyna (Barcelona, 1940), builder of Barcelona, the 37th president of FC Barcelona in 2003
  • Enric Sagnier (1858–1931), Catalan architect
  • Enric Sala (Girona, 1968), marine ecologist and an Ocean Fellow at National Geographic
  • Enric Sarasol (El Genovés 1964), professional Valencian pilota player
  • Enric Vallès (born 1990), Catalan professional footballer
  • Enric Valor i Vives (1911–2000), Valencian narrator and grammarian
  • Joan Enric Vives Sicília (born 1949), the current Bishop of Urgell and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra
  • References

    Enric Wikipedia