Given name & surname
Ric
“a powerful ruler”
In English use, Ric is a variant of Rick. In English use, Rick carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ric is a variant of Rick. In English use, Rick carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ric is a form of Richard. Richard possibly comes from Old French, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,270
- 1,270 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 55 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 8 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 55 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,870 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ric’s family of names
In English usage, Ric has a related form in Rick. In English usage, Ric has an alternative spelling in Rick. In Greek usage, Ric is a transliteration of Ρικ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ric
- Richard GrenellAmerican politician (born 1966)
- Ric OcasekAmerican musician (1944–2019)
- Ric GrechBritish musician (1945–1990)1946–1990
- Ric ReitzAmerican actorborn 1955
- Ric LeeEnglish musicianborn 1945
- Ric KellerAmerican politician (born 1964)
- Ric MarlowAmerican songwriter and actor (1925-2017)
- Ric SandersBritish violinistborn 1952
- Ric WeilandAmerican computer programmer (1953-2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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