Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 Rico
/REE · koh/
Meaning
“Power”
Spanish and Italian short form of Ricardo or Enrico, from Germanic ric (power); also gained independent identity through Italian-American culture and later through hip-hop usage in the US.
Nicknames
richard · rick
Vibe
strongplayful
How it ages.
Feels cool and cross-cultural; short names with hard consonants age well and this one has genuine swagger.
The cultural moment.
Used across Spanish and Italian communities globally; gained fresh momentum in the US from the 1990s onward through cultural influence.