Rik (given name)

Rik is a masculine given name and nickname. Most common in Belgium, it is a short form of the Dutch language given name Hendrik or sometimes Frederik, Erik or Rikkert. As an English-language name it usually is a variant of Rick, a short form of Richard.

Notable people with this name include:


 * Rik Barnett (born 1990), English actor
 * Rik Battaglia, stage name of Italian actor Caterino Bertaglia (1927–2015)
 * Bert Blyleven né Rik Aalbert (born 1951), Dutch-born American baseball pitcher
 * Rik Bonness (born 1954), American football player
 * Rik van den Boog (born 1959), Dutch managing director of FC Ajax
 * Rik Carey (born 1966), Bahamian musician (short form of Patrick)
 * Rik Clerckx (1936–1985), Belgian long-distance runner
 * Rik Coolsaet (born 1951), Belgian political scientist
 * Rik Coppens (1930–2015), Belgian footballer
 * Rik Cordero (born 1979), American film director
 * Rik Daems (born 1959), Belgian politician and painter
 * Rik Daniëls (born 1962), Belgian television director
 * Rik De Deken (1907–1960), Belgian footballer
 * Rik De Saedeleer (1924–2013), Belgian footballer and sports commentator
 * Rik de Voest (born 1980), South African tennis player
 * Rik Emmett (born 1953), Canadian guitarist and singer
 * Rik Fox (born 1955), American heavy metal bassist
 * Rik Grashoff (born 1961), Dutch engineer and politician
 * Rik Hoevenaers (1902–1958), Belgian cyclist
 * Rik van IJzendoorn (born 1987), Dutch cyclist
 * Rik Isemborghs (1914–1973), Belgian footballer
 * Rik Jaeken (born 1949), Belgian engineer and businessman
 * Rik Janssen (born 1957), Dutch politician and businessman
 * Rik Kemp (born 1939), Australian cartoonist
 * Rik Kuypers (1925–2019), Belgian film director
 * Rik de Lange (born 1956), Dutch politician
 * Rik Larnoe (1897–1978), Belgian footballer
 * Rik Launspach (born 1958), Dutch actor, writer and director
 * Rik Levins (died 2010), American comic book artist
 * Rik Lopez (born 1979), English footballer
 * Rik Makarem (born 1982), English actor
 * Rik Mayall (1958–2014), English comedian
 * Rik Massengale (born 1957), American golfer
 * Rik Moorman (born 1961), Dutch cyclist
 * Rik Offenberger (born 1964), American comic book journalist
 * Rik Pinxten (born 1947), Belgian anthropologist
 * Rik Renders (1922–2008), Belgian cyclist
 * Rik Rue (born 1950), Australian experimental musician
 * Rik Schaefels (1827–1904), Belgian Romantic painter
 * Rik Schaffer (born 1960s), American game composer
 * Rik Schoofs (born 1950), Belgian long-distance runner
 * Rik Sebens (born 1988), Dutch footballer
 * Rik Simpson, British record producer
 * Rik Smits (linguist) (born 1953), Dutch linguist, author, translator and editor
 * Rik Smits (born 1966), Dutch NBA basketball player
 * Rik Tommelein (born 1962), Belgian hurdler
 * Rik Toonen (born 1954), Dutch water polo player
 * Rik Torfs (born 1956), Belgian law scholar and politician
 * Rik Van Brussel (born 1944), Belgian mechanical engineer
 * Rik Van Linden (born 1949), Belgian cyclist
 * Rik Van Looy (born 1933), Belgian cyclist
 * Rik Van Nutter (1929–2005), American actor
 * Rik Van Slycke (born 1963), Belgian cyclist
 * Rik Van Steenbergen (1924–2003), Belgian cyclist
 * Rik Vandenberghe (born 1953), Belgian sprinter
 * Rik Verbrugghe (born 1974), Belgian cyclist
 * Rik Vercoe (born 1972), British ultramarathon runner
 * Rik Verheye (born 1986), Flemish actor
 * Rik Waddon (born 1977), British cyclist
 * Rik Waller (born 1981), English singer
 * Rik Wheeler, nickname of Mortimer Eric Wheeler (1890–1976), British archaeologist and army officer
 * Rik Wilson (born 1962), American ice hockey player
 * Rik Wouters (1882–1916), Belgian painter and sculptor

Fictional characters include:
 * Rik Ringers, eponymic comics reporter