Rico
Rico is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
The adjective rico means rich in Spanish , but also rich, tasty , in connection with z. B. toddlers also cute, cute .
Rico is the Spanish and Portuguese short form for Ricardo (the equivalent in German is Richard ).
Rico is the Swiss German name for Ricardo , originating in the canton of Graubünden .
Like Enzo, Rico is one of the Italian short forms for Enrico (equivalent to the German name Heinrich ).
variants
- Ricco (also a short form of the name Enrico )
Name bearer
First name
- Rico Benatelli (* 1992), German soccer player
- Rico Bonath (* 1983), German handball player
- Rico Diks (* 1975), Dutch pool player
- Rico Elmer (* 1969), Swiss ski mountaineer
- Rico Freimuth (* 1988), German decathlete
- Rico Gebhardt (* 1963), German politician
- Rico Gulda (* 1968), Austrian pianist, cultural manager and producer
- Rico Lieder (* 1971), German athlete and Olympic participant
- Rico Rex (* 1976), German figure skater
- Rico Rodriguez (musician) (1934–2015), Jamaican trombonist and composer
- Rico Rodriguez (actor) (born 1998), American actor
- Rico Schmitt (* 1968), German soccer coach
- Rico Steinmann (* 1967), German soccer player
- Rico Weber (1942–2004), Swiss artist
family name
- Alba Rico (* 1989), Spanish actress and singer
- Carlos Marcelino Rico Ferrat (* 1950), Mexican diplomat
- Diego Rico (* 1993), Spanish soccer player
- Eugenia Rico (* 1972), Spanish writer
- Francisco Rico (* 1942), Spanish university professor, philologist, literary scholar and author
- Fred Rico (born 1944), American baseball player
- Gabriele Rico (1937–2013), American English studies specialist and art teacher
- Guillermo Rico († 2013), Argentine actor and singer
- Isidro Rico (* 1961), Mexican marathon runner
- Iván Sánchez Rico Soto (* 1980), Spanish football player
- José de Rico (* 1982), Spanish musician
- José Rico Pavés (* 1966), Spanish clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Getafe
- Juan Bautista Rico (1561–1618), founder of the Spanish order and saint of the Catholic Church
- Lorenzo Rico (* 1962), Spanish handball player
- Martín Rico y Ortega (1833–1908), Spanish painter
- Mikel Rico (* 1984), Spanish soccer player
- Paquita Rico (1929-2017), Spanish copla singer and actress
- Régulo Rico (1877–1960), Venezuelan composer
- Sergio Rico (* 1993), Spanish football player
stage name
- Rico Suave (* 1970), stage name of the Puerto Rican professional wrestler Julio Estrada
Alias
- Code name during the 1980s for Efrem Cattelan (1931–2014), Swiss professional officer
Nickname
- Rico Washington (* 1978), American baseball player