Dick is a
nickname most often for Richard, which likely originated in the Middle Ages as
rhyming slang for "Rick", as did William → Will → Bill and Robert → Rob → Bob. The
association with "penis" is more recent, arising from Dick becoming a cliché name for any man, as in
Tom, Dick and Harry.[1] The use of the nickname Dick has declined drastically in recent decades due to the association of Dick with a penis; by 1969, Dick had fallen outside of the top 1,000 most common names for newborn baby boys in the US. By 2014, there were fewer than five babies born in the United States with the name Dick on a birth certificate. [2]
Dick Schoof (born 1957), current Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2024-present)
Dick Thornburgh (1932–2020), American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987), and US Attorney General (1988–1991)
Richard Nixon (1913–1994), American politician, President of the USA (1969–1974), Vice President (1953–1961), Senator (1950–1953), Representative (1947–1950)
Sports
Dick Advocaat (born 1947), Dutch football manager and former player
Dick Ambrose (born 1953), American football linebacker in the National Football League
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Dick is a
nickname most often for Richard, which likely originated in the Middle Ages as
rhyming slang for "Rick", as did William → Will → Bill and Robert → Rob → Bob. The
association with "penis" is more recent, arising from Dick becoming a cliché name for any man, as in
Tom, Dick and Harry.[1] The use of the nickname Dick has declined drastically in recent decades due to the association of Dick with a penis; by 1969, Dick had fallen outside of the top 1,000 most common names for newborn baby boys in the US. By 2014, there were fewer than five babies born in the United States with the name Dick on a birth certificate. [2]
Dick Schoof (born 1957), current Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2024-present)
Dick Thornburgh (1932–2020), American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987), and US Attorney General (1988–1991)
Richard Nixon (1913–1994), American politician, President of the USA (1969–1974), Vice President (1953–1961), Senator (1950–1953), Representative (1947–1950)
Sports
Dick Advocaat (born 1947), Dutch football manager and former player
Dick Ambrose (born 1953), American football linebacker in the National Football League
This page lists people with the
nicknameDick. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link to directly target the intended article.