Submitted Name Save Gender Masculine Usage English Other Forms FormsRyker Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 10/25/2007 by Lysis Edited 11/8/2015 by Ranchie Meaning & History Pet form of RICHARD, possibly Dutch. William Riker was a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Riker's Island is New York City's largest jail, named after Abraham Rycken.