What do you think of Dickon as a nn for [name_m]Richard[/name_m]?
I like it.
I think it would definitely be shortened to [name_m]Dick[/name_m] by middle-school… so I guess it depends on how you feel about that.
I really like it.
I love the nickname Dickon.
No. [name_m]Just[/name_m], no.
Well it has [name_m]Dick[/name_m] in it so I’m going with no, sorry.
You’re not avoiding [name_m]Dick[/name_m] by elongating it to Dickon (which will likely just be shortened to [name_m]Dick[/name_m])… just my opinion.
It reminds me of the cousin in The [name_f]Secret[/name_f] Garden, which isn’t a positive association to me. Also, what PPs said about [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. I don’t think [name_m]Richard[/name_m] needs a nickname, but if you want one that’s a bit different, what about [name_m]Hardy[/name_m]?
Nothing with the word dick. He will get made fun of immediatly.
[name_m]Rick[/name_m]
[name_u]Ricky[/name_u]
[name_m]Arch[/name_m]
[name_m]Rich[/name_m]
[name_m]Rocky[/name_m]
[name_m]Rye[/name_m]
I think [name_m]Richard[/name_m] is dashing in full. Its nicknames are either extremely dated or unusable. Dickon would be laughed out of town. (Also, the Dickon in The [name_f]Secret[/name_f] Garden was the sweet little boy, not [name_f]Mary[/name_f]'s cousin.)
You could go with [name_m]Rick[/name_m], [name_u]Ricky[/name_u], [name_m]Richie[/name_m], or [name_m]Rich[/name_m]. I would avoid Dickon & [name_m]Dick[/name_m] because they have a lot of teasing potential. Dickon is no less problematic than [name_m]Dick[/name_m] in my opinion.
Please don’t use Dickon… that’s almost worse than [name_m]Dick[/name_m]. He’ll get made fun of for sure.
However, I’d like to mention that I taught a class of grade 8 students, and when we came across the name [name_m]Dick[/name_m] in a book they all laughed hysterically — when I mentioned it was a nickname for [name_m]Richard[/name_m], they were shocked. None of them had heard that before.
I find Dickon charming, but I have to agree that it would probably be difficult to wear. I think the -on ending is not very helpful for avoiding teasing, since it’s another word. I can imagine questions like “hey, is your Dickon fire?” etc might get old pretty quickly
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like Rickon? I realise it’s quite linked to Game of Thrones, but it has also been used as a diminutive of [name_m]Richard[/name_m] - the spelling Ricun, for instance, was recorded in 1274. It crops up as a surname, too (there’s a writer named [name_u]James[/name_u] Rickon, for instance). I suspect the surname is a patronymic (like Williams or Jefferson etc), so it would originally have been the name of someone whose father was named Rickon or Richard.
I’ll add Rico for consideration too.
Of course, if he doesn’t like the nickname you use for him, he can always choose to go by another one.
Reference: Nicknames of Richard (in English) | Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources