Baby name
CLASSIC
🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Dick
/DIK/
Meaning
“Powerful ruler”
Medieval short form of Richard, from the Germanic Ric-hard meaning powerful ruler. The rhyming nickname tradition (Richard-Rick-Dick) was common in medieval England.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strongplayful
How it ages.
Effectively retired as a given name in English due to its slang meaning; legacy use only.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US and UK through mid-20th century; now virtually unused for new births.