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Boy · Germanic, through English
Rickey Say it: RIK-ee
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Meaning A pet form of Richard, from Germanic ric 'power, ruler' + hard 'hard, brave'.
Certain scholars agree on this meaning.
An American spelling most used in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its wave through time A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1958 per 1,000 babies of that sex 62,129 babies given this name since 1924 At its height in 1958, about 1 in 560 boys 65 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Ricky, Rickie
Famous bearers Rickey Henderson, American baseball player Names worth a look Bennie Boy A pet form of Benjamin, from Hebrew Binyamin 'son of the right hand' or 'son of the south'. Victorian · peak 1935 · forgotten Julio Boy The Spanish form of Julius, a Roman family name of uncertain origin, often linked to Iulus, legendary son of Aeneas. Modern · peak 1992 Alberto Boy The Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Albert, from Germanic adal 'noble' and beraht 'bright'. Middle Ages · peak 1993 Easton Boy From an English surname taken from place names, from Old English east 'east' and tun 'settlement'. Modern · peak 2018 Simon Boy Greek form used for Hebrew Shim'on (Simeon, 'he has heard'); Simōn was also an existing Greek name meaning 'snub-nosed'. Biblical · peak 2015 Homer Boy Uncertain. Greek Homēros also meant 'hostage', but whether that explains the poet's name is unknown. Victorian · peak 1880 Ricky Boy A pet form of Richard or Frederick; Richard is from Germanic ric 'power, ruler' + hard 'hard, brave'. Modern · peak 1958 Ricardo Boy The Spanish and Portuguese form of Richard, from Germanic ric 'power, ruler' + hard 'hard, brave'. Modern · peak 1998 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.