Ricky (given name)

Ricky is a primarily male given name in English and Spanish-speaking countries, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Richard, Frederick, Derrick, Roderick, Enrique, Patrick, Ricardo, Erica or  Eric.

## Persons

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### Male

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* Ricky (musician), Japanese singer and musician
* Ricky Allen (1935–2005), American blues singer
* Ricky Anderson (American football) (born 1963), American football player
* Ricky Anggawijaya (born 1996), Indonesian swimmer
* Ricky Banderas (born 1975), Puerto Rican wrestler
* Ricky Barham (born 1958), Australian rules football player
* Ricky Bell (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ricky Blaze (born 1988), American DJ, producer, singer, and songwriter
* Ricky Blitt, American screenwriter, producer, show creator and voice actor
* Ricky Bruch (1946–2011), Swedish discus thrower and Olympian athlete, actor
* Ricky Carmichael (born 1979), American car racer
* Ricky Churchman (born 1958), American football player
* Ricky Cooke (born 1969), Australian racewalker
* Ricky Council IV (born 2001), American basketball player
* Ricky Davao (born 1961), Filipino actor and director
* Ricky Davis (born 1979), American basketball player
* Ricky Evans (darts player) (born 1990), English professional darts player
* Ricky Fataar (born 1952), South African musician, multi-instrumentalist
* Ricky Fuji (born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler
* Ricky Gervais (born 1961), English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, singer, and musician
* Ricky Glenn (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
* Ricky Green (disambiguation), several people
* Ricky Groves (born 1968), English actor
* Ricky Harun (born 1987), Indonesian actor
* Ricky Hatton (born 1978), English professional boxer, promoter
* Ricky Hendrick (1980–2004), American race car driver
* Ricky Hill (born 1959), English former football player, manager and head coach
* Ricky Hill (politician), American politician and banker
* Ricky Hui (1946–2011), Hong Kong film actor
* Ricky Hunter (1936–2022), Canadian professional wrestler
* Ricky Kasso (1967–1984), American killer
* Ricky Kim (born 1981), American model and actor
* Ricky Kling (born 1987), Swedish speedway rider
* Ricky Knight (born 1953), English professional wrestling trainer, promoter, owner, and former professional wrestler
* Ricky Knight Jr. (born 2000), English professional wrestler
* Ricky Lee (American football) (born 1999), American football player
* Ricky Lindo (born 2000), American-Panamanian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Ricky Lumpkin (born 1988), American football player
* Ricky Martin (born 1971), Puerto Rican pop musician, actor
* Ricky Marvin (born 1980), Mexican second-generation professional wrestler
* Ricky Meléndez (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer
* Ricky Morton (born 1956), American professional wrestler
* Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
* Ricky Owubokiri (born 1961), Nigerian footballer
* Ricky Pearsall (born 2000), American football player
* Ricky Peters (born 1955), American baseball player
* Ricky Person Jr. (born 1999), American football player
* Ricky Pierce (born 1959), American basketball player
* Ricky Ponting (born 1974), Australian Cricketer
* Ricky Reel (died 1997), British computer science student at Brunel University
* Ricky Reyes (born 1978), Mexican–Puerto Rican wrestler
* Ricky Rice (born 1951), American retired professional wrestler
* Ricky Rich, Swedish rapper
* Ricky Rickard (born 1958), New Zealand wrestler
* Ricky Rodriguez (1975–2005), American member of a religious cult called The Family
* Ricky Rubio (born 1990), Spanish basketball player
* Ricky Santana (born 1958), American retired professional wrestler
* Ricky Schroder (born 1970), American actor and filmmaker
* Ricky Schroeder (rugby union) (born 1991), South African former rugby union player
* Ricky Shayne (1944–2024), Egyptian-born pop singer and actor
* Ricky Van Shelton (born 1952), American country music singer
* Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (born 1987), American race car driver
* Ricky Stromberg (born 2000), American football player
* Ricky Tognazzi (born 1955), Italian film actor and director
* Ricky Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-American actor and musician
* Ricky Valance (1936–2020), Welsh singer
* Ricky Vaughan (born 1960), American retired professional wrestler
* Ricky Walker (born 1996), American football player
* Ricky White (born 2002), American football player
* Ricky Wilde (born 1961), British songwriter, musician, record producer
* Ricky Wilson (American musician) (1953–1985), American instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
* Ricky Wilson (British musician) (born 1978), lead singer of English band Kaiser Chiefs
* Ricky Wright (ring announcer) (born 1986), British boxing and mixed martial arts ring announcer
* Ricky Yang, Indonesian pool player
* Ricky (沈泉锐) (born 2004), Chinese singer, dancer, member of k-pop group Zerobaseone

### Female

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* Ricky Johnston (born 1943), Australian politician
* Ricky Koole (born 1972), Dutch singer and actress
* Ricky Lauren (born 1943), American author, artist, photographer, and psychotherapist
* Ricky MacMillan (born 1961), Australian equestrian
* Ricky Silberman (1937–2007), American conservative activist
* Ricky Kanee Schachter (1918–2007), Canadian dermatologist

## Fictional characters

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* Ricky in Riki-Oh or The Story of Ricky, a manga, an anime series and a live-action film
* Ricky in Ricky, a 2009 fantasy film
* Ricky Baker, portrayed by Morris Chestnut in the 1991 film, Boyz n the Hood
* Ricky Bobby, protagonist in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
* Richard "Ricky" Chapman/Caldwell, minor protagonist and later antagonist of the Silent Night, Deadly Night series
* Ricky King in Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
* Ricky LaFleur (Trailer Park Boys character)
* Ricky Lang, a character in the 1983 superhero movie Superman III
* Ricky Matsui, a character in the actual play series Dimension 20
* Ricky Ricardo, male protagonist in the TV series I Love Lucy
* Ricky Ricotta, protagonist in the book series Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
* Ricky Rapper, protagonist in Finnish books and comic strips series
* Richard Bluedhorn "Rick" or "Ricky" Stratton, the main character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
* Ricky Taylor, a character in the 2008 British slasher movie Eden Lake
* Ricky Wasserman, a character in the 2015 American comedy-drama movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl
* Ricky Williams, from The Young and the Restless
* Ricky "Zigzag" in the novel Holes and its film adaptation
* Ricky Zoom, the main character in the American animated series Ricky Zoom

## See also

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* Ricky (disambiguation)
* Rickey (disambiguation)
* Rickie
* Riki (given name)

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