Richie

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Pet form of Richard. The suffix -ie was originally characteristic of Scotland and northern England, but the name is now found elsewhere

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɹɪtʃi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Richie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 5.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 26K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 27K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈35,000 people, est.

Sources
430 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Pet form of Richard. The suffix -ie was originally characteristic of Scotland and northern England, but the name is now found elsewhere. In some cases it represents a transferred use of the surname derived from the Scottish pet name. Variant: Ritchie (probably also a transferred use of the surname spelled thus).

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Richie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Richie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈35,000 est.≈1 in 40K—Richie19
PH Philippines#965≈21,000 est.≈1 in 5.1K—Richie100
NG Nigeria—≈8,100 est.≈1 in 27K—Richie48
US United States—7,0581 in 47K7KRichie430
GH Ghana#310≈2,900 est.≈1 in 10K—Richie30
AU Australia—≈990 est.≈1 in 26K3Richie129
IE Ireland#372≈860 est.≈1 in 6K—Richie76
GY Guyana—661 in 11K66—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Richie is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Mexico, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Richié, Rïçhįē, Richië, Rïçhīë, Ríchíé

  • Indonesian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Ríçhíé, Richié, Rìchïe

  • French given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Rïçhïê, Richié, Rìçhìê, Richië, Rîchïë

  • Thai given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Philippines, Laos

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written ริขขี่, รขข, ร์ขุข, Rïchîé

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Also written Richiè

  • Croatian surname49 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Ritchie, Ричи, Ricci, Ритчи, Richi

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Richie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, little Rich (ii)

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • In English, Lionel B., Jr., US singer

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In German, ) Ritchie ['ntji]: männl. Vom., englische Koseform von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • Scottish, English, and Australian: pet form of RICHARD . The suffix - ie was originally characteristic of Scotland and northern England, but the name is now found elsewhere. In some cases it represents a transferred use of the surname derived from the Scottish pet name. Variant: Ritchie (probably also a transferred use of the surname spelled thus) .

    as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Richie Ashburn, b. 1927Richie Ginther, b. 1930Richie Guerin, b. 1932Richie Havens, b. 1941Richie Ren, b. 1966Richie Hawtin, b. 1970Richie Faulkner, b. 1980Richie Campbell, b. 1983Richie Porte, b. 1985Richie Laryea, b. 1995

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Richie,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 62 sources across 36 countries.

Official registers attesting Richie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020007K#4,652
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020106.8K#5,138
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020206.5K#5,166

Reference works 5

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Richie a male or female name?
Richie is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Richie mean, and where does it come from?
Pet form of Richard. The suffix -ie was originally characteristic of Scotland and northern England, but the name is now found elsewhere. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What are other forms of the name Richie?
In the etymology graph, Ricardo, Rick and Ricky are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Richard.
How do you pronounce Richie?
A machine transcription gives /ɹɪtʃi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Richie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Richie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled richie.
How common is the name Richie?
In the United States, the national register counted 7,058 people named Richie in 2020, about 1 in 47 thousand residents.
How common is Richie compared with other names?
In Ghana, Richie is the 310th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Richie” — the 310th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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