Meaning of the nameRick

Rick is a male name, a short form of the English Richard, of Germanic origin, whose elements mean 'ruler' and 'brave'.

Meaning

“short form of Richard, 'brave ruler'”

People (2022): 3,557
Rank in Brazil: #3,473
Median age: 19 years
2010 Census: 2,915; people

Rick in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rick, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,350 people).

32 women 3,525 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rick is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rick in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.006%
Pará 0.004%
Bahia 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	553	0.001%
Minas Gerais	376	0.002%
Bahia	330	0.002%
Pará	321	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	230	0.001%
Amazonas	223	0.006%
Maranhão	150	0.002%
Goiás	130	0.002%
Ceará	125	0.001%
Pernambuco	110	0.001%
Paraná	105	0.001%
Santa Catarina	101	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	100	0.001%
Espírito Santo	95	0.003%
Piauí	70	0.002%
Mato Grosso	66	0.002%
Paraíba	58	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	58	0.002%
Distrito Federal	55	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	54	0.002%
Sergipe	48	0.002%
Amapá	39	0.005%
Roraima	38	0.006%
Alagoas	35	0.001%
Tocantins	35	0.002%
Rondônia	26	0.002%
Acre	26	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Rick

Wiktionary, in its English entry, defines Rick as a diminutive of Richard and of similar names, such as Ricardo, and Behind the Name describes it as a short form of Richard. Behind the Name explains Richard as the union of the Germanic elements rih ('ruler, king') and hart ('hard, firm, brave'), which gives 'brave ruler'. This is the meaning of the base name, of which Rick is an abbreviation. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,557 people named Rick, with a median age of 19. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Ryck as a spelling variant.

Sources

Wiktionary: Rick (entrada em English) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Rick · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Richard · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rick · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rick

What does the name Rick mean?

Rick means “short form of Richard, 'brave ruler'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rick in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,557 people with the first name Rick, which ranks it number 3,473 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Rick a boy's or a girl's name?

Rick is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 32 women and 3,525 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rick?

Rick is a name of English and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rick most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.006% of the state's population is named Rick (223 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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