ricky
/ˈɹɪki/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rick English -y English Ricky From Rick + -y.