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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • American : Leader

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Richey

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on rīc ‘power(ful)’ (see Reich), or from the female personal name Rikheit, from rīc + suffix -heit ‘way of being’.
  • Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Reiche or Ritsche (see Ritchey 2).
  • English and northern Irish : variant spelling of Ritchie.

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