About the Heinrichs Surname

Behind the Heinrichs surname stands Heinrich, a German name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The extra ending in Heinrichs is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Heinrich's family.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Heinrichs, so the heraldry linked to Heinrich is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Heinrichs report, with a museum-style coat of arms.