I wouldn't call yourself 'Ratchet' if I were you. It's the name of a tool/mechanical device, and it's also apparently at insulting term used for women in some varieties of American slang. Why don't you just call yourself 'Richard', which is a nice, ordinary, traditional boys' name?

Ha-ha.. no!! I would definitely not call yourself Ratchet. I'm from Florida, and we use the word for something/someone/some place that is gross, dirty, unclean, poor quality, cheap, etc., Ex: a really old, dirty, smoking car is ratchet. A drugged out prostitute is ratchet. A roach -infested motel is ratchet. But, then again, on the other hand, we sometimes use it to mean that something is oddly awesome. :) Good luck. P.S. If you do decide to call yourself Ratchet, that's ratchet!

The good thing about American names is that you can have any name you want. I have a great uncle named Pink, and there was a billionare named Cotton. :)

As far as I am aware, Ratchet is also the name of a character in an English video game-series for children, so I think the answer is yes, Ratchet can be used as your name.