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 [ 2 syll. ri-co, ric-o ] The boy name Rico is pronounced RIYKow KEY. Rico has its origins in the Germanic language. It is used largely in Spanish and Italian. Rico is a form of the English Frederick in the Spanish language. Rico is also a form of the Czech, English, French, and German Richard in the Spanish language. Rico is also a form of the English Henry in the Italian language. Rico is also a short form of the Italian Enrico and a short form of the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Ricardo in the Spanish language. A form of the name is the Italian spelling variant Ricco. See also the related form, the German Riko. Rico is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked in 1976 with 0.020% of baby boys being named Rico. It had a ranking of #432 then. The baby name has experienced a substantial decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly related to Rico, the English Henry was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Rico include the Indian Raghu, the Slavic and Slovenian Rajko, the Indian Rakesh, the Slavic Rayko, the English and Hebrew Razi, the English Reggie, the Dutch and English Reggy, the English and French Regis, the Finnish Reku, the Spanish Reyes, the Hungarian Rezso, the Italian Ricco, the German and Spanish Richi, the English Richie, the English Richy, the English Rickey, the English Ricki, the English Rickie, the English and Spanish Ricky, and the Hungarian Riczi. KEY: English pronunciation for Rico: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
