Riker
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 80 babies a year in the US.
Riker by the numbers
Riker was given to 80 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 95 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Riker
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 Riker. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Rykermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder3,099 in the US (2017)
- Riderone who rides; a mounted warrior or messenger41 in the US (2017)
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Rogerfamous spear; from Hrodegar415 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Riker
Names that are said the same way as Riker, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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