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Tico

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TEE-koh'TEE-koh'2 syllables
🇪🇸Spanish
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MEANING

A colloquial term for Costa Rican

ORIGIN

Latin American

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from Costa Rican Spanish, where 'tico' is a diminutive suffix used in the local dialect

CULTURAL NOTES

Used affectionately to refer to people from Costa Rica

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The term 'tico' has been used since the early 20th century to describe a characteristic style of Spanish spoken in Costa Rica

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FAQs About Tico

The name Tico means "A colloquial term for Costa Rican" in Spanish.
Tico has Latin American origins. Derived from Costa Rican Spanish, where 'tico' is a diminutive suffix used in the local dialect
Tico is pronounced TEE-koh (TEE-koh). It has 2 syllables.
On Naymt, every name is color-coded by gender: green indicates a "masculine" name (one that has only ever appeared in the boys' top 1000 since 1880), purple indicates a "feminine" name (only in the girls' top 1000), and yellow indicates a "neutral" name (one that has appeared in the top 1000 for both genders at some point in history).
Popular nicknames for Tico include Tic, Tiki.
Sibling name ideas that pair well with Tico include Diego, Mateo, Sofia, Valentina.
The most common spelling is Tico. Alternative spellings include Tiko, Teeco.