Henning Family History
Henning Name Meaning
German and Danish: from a pet form of the personal name Hans or Heinrich . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Dutch: from a pet form of the personal name Johannes (see John ) or Hendrick (see Henry ). English: perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Henning possibly a pet form of Old English Hēahnōth (from hēah ‘high noble’ + nōth ‘daring’) by means of a short form Henn(a) + the hypocoristic suffix -ing. English: variant of Hanning . Norwegian: habitational name from a farm in Trøndelag. The first element possibly from hein ‘whetstone’; the second element is from Old Norse vin ‘meadow’. Swedish: probably of the same origin as 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022