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Dickie

What does Dickie mean?

Dickie Pronunciation of Dickie as a boys' name is of Old German origin, and Dickie means "powerful leader". Dickie is a variant form of Richard (Old German).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Di-, -ie

ASSOCIATED WITH powerful, leader

Variations

VARIANT Dicky

RELATIONS VIA RICHARD Dick, Richie, Rick, Rickey, Ricki, Rickie, Ricky, Riki, Rikki, Ritchie

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dickie Eric (D.E.), ..

How popular is Dickie?

Dickie is an unusual given name for males but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#13119 out of 150436, Top 9%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Dickie entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its apex position of #515 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dickie name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dickie outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Richard (#188 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Ricky (#681), Rick (#1872), Dick, Dicky, Richie, Rickey, Ricki, Rickie and Ritchie are the popular alternative forms of Dickie rated in the Top 2000. These forms of Dickie were favored as birth names during 1940-1949 (MEDIAN #718) and have become significantly less popular since (#1703, DOWN 96%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dickie, Dick, Dicky, Richard, Richie in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rick, Rickey, Ricki, Rickie, Ricky, Ritchie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Richard outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Acie, Acklie, Archie, Berkie, Billie, Birkie (see Birkey), Birlie, Birnie, Buckie, Chuckie, Cookie, Dabnie (see Dabney), Dace, Dacio, Dack, Damicke (see Damek), Dandie, Danie, Dannie, Darbie, Davie, Deakin, Decio, Decker, Deke, Dekle, Denlie, Dennie, Derbie, Derrie, Dewie, Dice, Dickson, Didier, Dieric (see Dirk), Dionio, Dionte, Dirck, Dirk, Dirke, Dizier (see Desiderio), Donnie, Dorsie (see Dorsey), Drake, Duffie, Duke, Dunlie (see Dunley), Dyce, Finlie, Hecie, Heckie, Hillie, Hocklie (see Hockley), Ikie, Jackie, Jakie, Jimmie, Kirbie, Kirklie (see Kirkley), Lacie, Linnie, Mackie, Miltie, Nickie, Sachie, Sivnie (see Sivney), Skie, Vinnie, Wilkie, Willie, Willkie and Zackie. These names tend to be more frequently used than Dickie.

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