Ok but why (1 Viewer)

[Wonpil]

Is a nickname for richard, dick. Where'd they get it?

 

[Abeamus]

Because Richard got shortened to Rick and Rick rhymes with Dick is pretty much the only reason

 

[Jimimis]

The name Richard has been around farrrrrr longer than dick. Hence the term “every Tom, Dick, and Harry”

in ye olden days they’d give rhyming nicknames. so a william being called will might be turned into a bill.
with the name richard you’ve got the obvious nickname rick. Guess what that rhymes with

and a tangent!
The etymology of “nickname”
nickname comes from the phrase “ekename”. “eke” meaning something like “also” IIRC, so its an additional name. Over time misspellings turned it into nickname

 

[dark_tranquility]

Nicknames are nice and so are their meanings and origins.
I know my real name has a lot of nicknames. : /

I don't even get called by my real name anymore.
Just shortenings lol

 

[yeji]

yeah I was wondering about that too before