Riddick

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
35
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Riddick by the numbers

Riddick was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 52 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Riddick

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Riddick. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Reddickred-haired or ruddy person; diminutive form6 in the US (2017)
  • Riddik9 in the US (2017)
  • Rodrickfamous ruler; a form of Roderick43 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Riddick

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