Rik (given name)

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Rik is a masculine given name and nickname. Most common in Belgium, it is a short form of the Dutch language given name Hendrik or sometimes Frederik, Erik or Rikkert. [1] As an English-language name it usually is a variant of Rick, a short form of Richard.

Notable people with this name include:

Fictional characters include:

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References

  1. Rik at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands