As proper nouns the difference between rickie and ricki
is that rickie is a diminutive of the male given name richard while ricki is , more often spelled rickie or ricky.
ricki
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
, more often spelled Rickie or Ricky.
and a nickname of modern usage.
Quotations
* 1995 Robert Waldron, Ricki!: The Unauthorized Biography of Ricki Lake , Boulevard Books, ISBN 157297043X, page 12:
*: Unhappy with her name, Ricki even gave herself a new, more feminine one that she hoped would propel her to stardom: Laura Ingalls.
* 1996 , The Tailor of Panama , Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0679454462, page 20:
*: There comes Ricardo-call-me-Ricki , who in a short but profitable reign in the upper echelons of the Ministry of Public Works awarded himself the right to build every road in Panama from now until eternity.