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Pronounced: KRIK-it

Personal experiences with the name Cricket: | Edit

This is my name.

I know a woman who spells her name Kricket.

Nicknames for Cricket: | Edit

Crick, Cric, Kitty, Ricki

Meanings and history of the name Cricket: | Edit

An insect that makes a chirping sound; its name is derived from the Old French criquet, meaning "to creak, rattle."

Originally this was a nickname for Christine and other Chris- names.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport.

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Cricket in song, story & screen: | Edit

Christine "Cricket" Blair, fictional character on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless"
The Crickets, a rock-n-roll band formed by Buddy Holly
Cricket, a "talking" doll from the 1980s
Jiminy Cricket, talking cricket character from "Pinocchio"