Given name & surname
Hicks
“a saucy woman”
Hicks is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a saucy woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a saucy woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In English usage, Hicks as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Richard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hicks through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 74 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 145 as a first name in 2020; 151,942 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hicks’s family of names
In English usage, Hicks as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Richard. Hicks has a related form in Hicksea. Hicks has a related form in Hicksee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Higgsvariant · English
- Hickseavariant
- Hickseyvariant
- Hicksyvariant
- Hickseevariant
- Hicksievariant
- Hicksivariant
- Hyksvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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