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

Male

• 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 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 Lee (American football) (born 1999), American football player
• Ricky Lumpkin (born 1988), American football player
• Ricky Martin (born 1971), Puerto Rican pop musician, actor
• 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 Van Shelton (born 1952), American country music singer
• Ricky Schroder (born 1970), American actor and filmmaker
• Ricky Schroeder (rugby union) (born 1991), South African former rugby union player
• Ricky Shen, Chinese singer, member of South Korean band Zerobaseone
• 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 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

• 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

• 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 "Zigzag" in the novel Holes and its film adaptation

See also

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