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What does Ric mean?
Ric 
as a name for boys has its roots in Old Norse, Old German and English, and the meaning of the name Ric is "complete ruler; peaceful ruler; powerful leader". Ric is an alternate spelling of Aric (Old Norse): variant spelling of Eric. Ric is also a form of Broderick: transferred use of the surname. Ric is also used as a form of Frederick (Old French, Old German), a variant of Richard (Old German), and a variation of Rick (English).
STARTS WITH Ri-
ASSOCIATED WITH norse, ruler (king), peaceful, powerful, leader
Variations
VARIANTS Rique, Rikk, Rike, Rik
RELATED FORMS VIA ARIC, BRODERICK, FREDERICK, RICHARD, RICK Aaric, Arick, Arik, Arric, Dick▼, Dicky, Eric▼, Erich▼, Erick, Erico, Erik▼, Erric, Ricard, Ricci, Ricco, Rich, Richie, Rickey▼, Ricki, Rickie▼, Ricky▼, Rico, Riki, Rikke, Rikki, Rikky, Ritchy
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ric Hunter (R.H.), ..
How popular is Ric?
Ric is an unusual first name for men. Ric is also an unusual last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ric entered the list in 1950-1959 and reached its highest rank of #1223 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Ric ranked in the Top 2000 are Eric (#160 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Richard (#188), Erick (#280), Erik (#378), Frederick (#496), Ricky (#681), Rico (#1353), Broderick (#1425), Rick (#1872), Rickie, Ricki, Rickey, Richie, Aric, Rich, Ricco, Arik, Erich, Dicky, Dick and Ricci. Other forms, like Rik, are uncommon. These forms of Ric were popular as baby names during 1950-1959 (USAGE OF 3.9%) and have become much less widespread since (USAGE 0.4%, ▼88.8%), with forms like Rickey falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Ric is pronounced similarly to Roch and Rock. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Nic, Rice, Rio, Rip and Vic. Like Ric, these names are not frequently used.
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