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[Facts] Ricketts
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Tamara
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5/16/2004, 4:53 PM
Was looking to find the background for my last name?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
#Ricketts
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Adria
5/24/2004, 4:02 AM
I'm not absolutely 100% sure, but I believe it is a form of the name
Richard
, meaning 'little
Richard
' as generally 'ett' at the end of a name means little. So somewhere along the line one of your ancestors had a father named
Richard
.
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