[name_f]My[/name_f] husband LOVES [name_m]Richard[/name_m] due to his godfather. He desperately wants to name our son [name_m]Richard[/name_m] (“[name_m]Richie[/name_m]”). I am horrified that he will get called [name_m]Dick[/name_m] either in school or jokingly among friends. Does anyone have experience naming their child this or know someone with the name? Were they called [name_m]Dick[/name_m]? [name_m]How[/name_m] much of an issue was it for your child/friend?
I know three [name_m]Richards[/name_m] - they’re all older (60s, 50s, 30s), but none of them go by [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. One is my Uncle [name_m]Rick[/name_m], another is the full [name_m]Richard[/name_m], and my husband’s friend [name_m]Richie[/name_m] (my husband said he can’t recall him ever being teased for his name). I think [name_m]Richie[/name_m] is adorable for a baby boy!
It’s all about controlling the nickname. [name_m]Just[/name_m] say no, and glare, most people will stop.
I know a [name_m]Richard[/name_m], and to my knowledge, nobody has ever called him [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. He is about seventeen years old, and trust me, that nickname gets old really fast- you might get one or two immature kids do it initially to get a reaction, but they get tired of it pretty fast.
I know of one [name_m]Richard[/name_m] who goes by [name_m]Dick[/name_m], but he’s my friend’s uncle and is like 60. I went to school with a few guys named [name_m]Rick[/name_m] or [name_m]Rich[/name_m]. Honestly, I don’t think the kids these days would even think of [name_m]Dick[/name_m] as a nickname for [name_m]Richard[/name_m].
I don’t personally know a single [name_m]Richard[/name_m] who gets called [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. It’s my cousin’s name -and also a distant uncle’s- but they’ve only ever been called [name_m]Rich[/name_m]/[name_m]Richie[/name_m]/[name_m]Richard[/name_m]. I’m planning on using it myself as a middle name, which isn’t quite the same I know, but I absolutely love it and think it’s great, middle or otherwise 
Honestly, it’s no different to a [name_m]William[/name_m] being teased for [name_m]Willy[/name_m], and [name_m]William[/name_m]'s still hanging on in the top 10 of most English-seaking countries. I reckon a lot of kids pick up that [name_m]Dick[/name_m] was once a nickname for [name_m]Richard[/name_m] but I’ve never heard any teasing come of it.
[name_f]My[/name_f] dad, my friend and my cousin are all called [name_m]Richard[/name_m]. They go by [name_m]Richard[/name_m], [name_m]Rick[/name_m]/[name_m]Richard[/name_m] and [name_m]Richie[/name_m]. None of them has ever been called [name_m]Dick[/name_m].
I know two adult [name_m]Richards[/name_m]. One goes by [name_m]Richard[/name_m] and the other by [name_m]Rich[/name_m].
I know of three [name_m]Richards[/name_m] in their late teens/early 20s, two use the nickname [name_m]Rich[/name_m] to varying frequency and the other one just goes by [name_m]Richard[/name_m]. None of them ever got the nickname [name_m]Dick[/name_m], at least not that I know of - maybe the odd juvenile comment but not a proper nickname. I don’t even know whether kids these days know that [name_m]Dick[/name_m] is an old nickname for [name_m]Richard[/name_m] anyway.
To be honest, though, we were so amused by a pub near us which had the word ‘fanny’ in its name when we were kids, so any other form of toilet humour wasn’t really necessary.
I knew one [name_m]Richard[/name_m] who just went by [name_m]Richard[/name_m], but the only reason I know [name_m]Dick[/name_m] is a nn for [name_m]Richard[/name_m] is because of The Famous Five. It’s kind if sad because I liked [name_m]Dick[/name_m] (as in the character), but it’s so unusable now, still got [name_m]Julian[/name_m] though.
Not really a reassuring story, sorry. But my husband is actually 11 years old (hold on FBI! Not really!) and desperately wants to name a son [name_m]Richard[/name_m], [name_m]JUST[/name_m] because of the nickname [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. He thinks it’s hilarious.
I know a [name_m]Richard[/name_m], he is mid twenties and goes by [name_m]Richard[/name_m] or [name_m]Rich[/name_m]/[name_m]Richie[/name_m]. I used to call him [name_m]Dicky[/name_m] to tease him, but he is my cousin. No one else has ever called him that, except maybe once or twice as a joke, never anything sustained. No other [name_m]Richard[/name_m] I have ever met or known has gone by [name_m]Dick[/name_m].
Franklin[/name_m] Gothic Medium]I have a few [name_m]Richard[/name_m]s in my family and none of them go by [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. [name_m]Rick[/name_m], [name_u]Ricky[/name_u] or [name_m]Rich[/name_m].
[name_f]My[/name_f] grandpa was [name_m]Richard[/name_m] and went by [name_m]Dick[/name_m] but most of the guys in his generation did. I do know a little boy named [name_m]Richard[/name_m] who goes by [name_u]Ricky[/name_u].
I hazard to guess that most [name_m]Richards[/name_m] nowadays are known either by (a) the full name or (B) other nn’s other than [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. The Watergate Scandal and President [name_m]Nixon[/name_m] were probably most responsible for the plummet in thje name’s popularity. I didn’t like [name_m]Richard[/name_m] very much until I saw British actor [name_m]Richard[/name_m] Armitage in the TV series “[name_u]North[/name_u] and South” years ago. It only takes one person to change one’s whole perception of a name. Today, I appeciate the name’s depth and history.
Two of my closest friends are both named [name_m]Richard[/name_m]. One is 21 and the other is 22. One of them has always gone by [name_m]Luke[/name_m] (full name is [name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]) but that was just because his father was also [name_m]Richard[/name_m] and it got confusing. He was honestly the only person that ever called himself [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. He thought it was hilarious, no one else did. The other [name_m]Richard[/name_m] goes by [name_m]Richie[/name_m], which I absolutely adore. It’s such a cute nickname. I really don’t think anyone had ever called him [name_m]Dick[/name_m].
I know one [name_m]Richard[/name_m], and he goes either by [name_m]Richard[/name_m], Chard, or R-dog. Never [name_m]Dick[/name_m] or [name_m]Richie[/name_m].
I go to school with a [name_m]Richard[/name_m]; which he goes by and nobody has ever called him [name_m]Dick[/name_m] before