Given name & surname
Ricci
“a powerful ruler”
Ricci is a variant of Rick. In English use, Rick carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ricci is a variant of Rick. In English use, Rick carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ricci through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,733
- 879 boys · 854 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 99 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 girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,573 as a first name in 2020; 11,142 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.
Ricci’s family of names
In Italian usage, Ricci has an affectionate form in RICCIOTTI. Ricci has a related form in Rick. Ricci has a related form in Rickie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ricci
- Ricci Luytiesvolleyball playerborn 1962
- Ricci HarnettBritish actorborn 1973
- Ricci GreenwoodAmerican soccer playerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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