Origin and popularity of the name RICK

Origin

Rick : 1: English (Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Rick a pet form of Richard. Compare Rich 2.2: German: from a short form of any of the ancient Germanic personal names formed with rīc ‘power(ful)’.3: North German: topographic name from Middle Low German ri(c)k ‘enclosed land fence’ or from reke ‘row strip of trees’.

Calbert : English: altered form of Albert by misdivision of a personal name and surname pair such as Rick Albert.

Dick : 1: English and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Dick also found as Dike and Deke pet forms of Rick (see Richard). Although found in every part of Britain the form Dick is especially common in Scotland and it was from there in the 17th century that the surname was taken to northern Ireland and thence to North America.2: English: variant of Dyke.3: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German dic(ke) ‘thick strong stout’ or in the case of the Jewish name from German dick or Yiddish dik ‘fat’.4: German: topographic name for someone who lived by a thicket or patch of thick undergrowth from Middle High German dicke a special use of dic(ke) ‘thick’.5: North German: from a pet form of the personal name Dietrich.6: Flemish and Dutch: either from a pet form of the personal name Diederik (a cognate of German Dietrich; compare 5 above) or a nickname for a corpulent person from Middle Dutch dick ‘fat’ (compare 3 above). In North America this surname is also an altered form of the much more common Dutch variant Dik.

Haw : 1: English: from the Middle English personal name Haw(e) which like Daw(e) was probably a rhyming pet form of Middle English Raw (Ralph). Similar rhyming pet forms of other Anglo-Norman male personal names beginning with R- are found in Hick and Dick for Rick (Richard) and Hob and Dob for Rob(ert). See also Hawkin.2: English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure from Middle English hawe ‘enclosure’ (Old English haga or Old Norse hagi). Compare Haugh.3: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 何 and 賀 see He 1 and 2.

Reek : 1: English (Nottinghamshire): usually a variant of Rick (a clipped form of Rickard) but in rare instances perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived near a heap or rick of some kind from Middle English rek(e) ‘stack heap rick’.2: German: from a shortened form of Radeke a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with rād ‘advice counsel’.3: German: variant of Reeck.4: Dutch (also Van Reek): habitational name for someone from Reek in North Brabant.

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