Why are Americans called Dick?

In fact, Dick, Rick, Ricky and Ricky are nicknames or variants of the English name Richard.

Englishname means English name in English. English names are very popular in many countries, because there are many exchanges between countries in the world, and it is more convenient to communicate with each other with English names.

The general structure of English names is:

Christian names are named after surnames. Like william jefferson clinton. But on many occasions, middle names are often omitted, such as George Bush, and many people prefer to use nicknames rather than formal Christian names, such as Bill Clinton. The above Christian names and middle names are also called human names. English names are different from Chinese names. Chinese names are preceded by surnames, while English names are just the opposite. For example: Kayley Chung, Xiaoming; English-jack wood.

For a long time, the British had only a first name and no last name. It was not until the16th century that the use of surnames became widely popular. According to experts' estimation, there are as many as 6.5438+0.5 million surnames in English-speaking countries.