Henny Explained

Henny is a Scandinavian and Dutch male and female first name, nickname and surname. It may refer to:

Female given name

• Henny Backus (1911–2004), Broadway showgirl in the 1930s
• Henny Lindorff Buckhøj (1902–1979), Danish actress
• Henny Koch (1854–1925), German children's author
• Henny Lauritzen (1871–1938), Danish actress
• Henny Moan (1936–2024), Norwegian actress
• Henny Mürer (1925–1997), Norwegian choreographer and dancer
• Henny Skjønberg (1886–1973), Norwegian actress and stage director

Male given name

• Henny Eman, first Prime Minister of Aruba, from 1986 to 1989
• Henny Eman (AVP founder), grandfather of the Aruba Prime Minister
• Henny Meijer (born 1962), Dutch former football player
• Henny Schilder 1984) is a Dutch football player who plays as a centre back for FC Volendam
• Henny Vrienten (born 1948), Dutch composer, singer, songwriter and musician
• Henny ter Weer (1922–2013), Dutch fencer

Nickname

• Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890–2005), Dutch supercentenarian and longest-lived Dutch person in history
• Henny Astrup (1876–1961), Norwegian actress
• Henny Dons (1874–1966), Norwegian educator and missionary
• La Jana (actress), Austro-German dancer and actress Henriette Margarethe ("Henny") Hiebel (1905–1940)
• Henny Porten (1890–1960), German actress and film producer of the silent era
• Henny Scholtz (born 1911), Dutch sailor at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Henny Vegter (born 1958), Dutch sailor at the 1988 Olympics
• Henny Youngman (1906–1998), British-born American comedian

Family name

• Leonard M. Henny (1935–2011), Dutch filmmaker, teacher and writer
• Phil Henny (born 1943) Swiss racing mechanic, driver and author
• Victor Henny (1887–1941), Dutch sprinter

Places

• Henny Street, Great Henny and Little Henny, villages in Essex, England

Other uses

• Henny (slang), alternate pronunciation of honey popularised on Drag Race
• Hennessy, a brand of cognac, commonly referred to as "Henny" in rap songs

See also

• Hennie, a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname
• Henie, a list of people with the surname