Rick

E767315

hypocorism masculine given name

Rick is a masculine given name, often a short form of Richard, commonly used in English-speaking countries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ric	1
Rick (informal, influenced by English)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hypocorism ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
commonIn	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
componentMeaning	hard (meaning "brave" or "strong") ⓘ rīc (meaning "ruler" or "power") ⓘ
derivedFrom	Old High German name Richard ⓘ
etymologicalMeaning	brave ruler ⓘ
genderAssociation	male ⓘ
hasRelatedName	Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ Rich ⓘ Richie NERFINISHED ⓘ Rickie NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricky NERFINISHED ⓘ Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStressPattern	single-syllable ⓘ
hasVariant	Ric NERFINISHED ⓘ Rik NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfUse	English ⓘ
nameType	diminutive ⓘ
phoneticForm	/rɪk/ ⓘ
shortFormOf	Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalNameLength	4 letters ⓘ
usagePeakCentury	20th century ⓘ
usedIn	English-speaking countries ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ric Waite → givenName → Rick ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ric

Rick Jacobs → givenName → Rick ⓘ

Rick Kaepernick → givenName → Rick ⓘ

Lammers → givenName → Rick ⓘ

subject surface form: Rick Lammers

Rick Ludwin → givenName → Rick ⓘ

Rick McCallum → givenName → Rick ⓘ

Rick Overton → givenName → Rick ⓘ

Rick Rossovich → givenName → Rick ⓘ

Patrick → hasDiminutive → Rick ⓘ

Gedney → hasGivenName → Rick ⓘ

subject surface form: Rick Gedney

Ricardo → hasShortForm → Rick ⓘ

Rick Aguilera → nickname → Rick ⓘ

Rick Porcello → nickname → Rick ⓘ

Riccardo → shortForm → Rick ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rick (informal, influenced by English)