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Maybe I  missed it but I don't see Richard/Rich/Rick/Dick on the thread yet (though one PP knows someone whose given name is Rick not Richard. I know one of those Ricks too.)

I adore the name Richard.

Hate Dick. Rich I don't like but it's...OK (I know one Richard who's a Rich, so positive vibes for his sake). And Rick is fine; in my mind Rick is almost like a totally separate name since I know a Rick-not-Richard. But I truly like Richard. My two cents.

Not sure if anyone else said this either, but someone up thread said they liked William but disliked "Liam." Fair enough. Just noting that today, Liam is actually also a separate name. William of course can be shortened to Liam as a nickname, and Liam does derive, way back, from the Celtic version of William. But the two have been separate for so long they're usually considered different names now (at least in Ireland and the UK and name history sources there). So when you encounter a Liam now, including in the US, it's pretty likely he's a Liam, period, and not a William-nicknamed-Liam. Of course there are always exceptions!

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