Hi, I’m Ricknotfredrick
2 min readNov 8, 2019
My name is Rick. At least that’s how friends and family and coworkers know me, and it’s on the cover of my novel (did I mention I have a new novel out?) But the name on my birth certificate is Fredrick. I was named after my dad, who went by “Fred,” so my family called me Rick. I barely dodged being “Fred Jr.”
Nobody who knows me personally calls me Fredrick, but since it is my legal name, I must use it in many…