Richard is a masculine given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic *rīk- 'ruler, leader, king' and *hardu- 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky",

  • Greek: Ριχάρδος (Richárdos)
  • Persian: ریچارد (Ričārd)

In Semitic languages

  • Arabic: ريتشارد (Rytshard, Ritshard, Rytshard, Ritshard)
  • Hebrew: ריצ'רד (Rîtsard')
  • Tamazight: ⵔⵉⴽⴰⵔⴷ (Rikard)
  • Amharic: ሪቻርድ (Rīcharidi)
  • Tigrinya: ሪቻርድ (Ričārede)

In Cushitic languages

  • Afar language: Richardi
  • Oromo language: Riichaard
  • Somali: Ritshard

In Malayo-Polynesian languages

  • Tagalog: Ricardo (Baybayin: ᜇᜒᜃᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ, ᜇᜒᜃᜇᜇᜓ)
  • Bisaya: Ricardo

In Turkic languages

  • Azerbaijani: Riçard
  • Turkish: Rişar
  • Kazakh: Ричард (Rïçard)
  • Kyrgyz: Ричард (Riçard)
  • Uyghur: رىچارد (Riçard)
  • Bashkir Ричард (Ričard)
  • Tuvan: Ричард (Ričard)
  • Turkmen language: Riçard

In Uralic languages

  • Estonian: Richard
  • Finnish: Rikhard, Riku
  • Hungarian: Richárd, Ricsárd
  • Meadow Mari language: Ричард (Ričard)
  • Saami: Rikkar
  • Udmurt: Ричард (Richard)

In other languages

  • Basque: Rikard
  • Chinese: 理查德 (Lǐchádé), 理查 (Lǐchá)
  • Esperanto: Rikardo
  • Japanese: リチャード (Richādo)
  • Korean: 리처드
  • Māori: Riki
  • Mongolian language: Ричард (Richard)

Short forms

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  • Cornish: Hicca
  • Czech: Ríša, Rik (Riker)
  • Dutch: Ries
  • English: Rick, Rich, Richie, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Ric, Rik, Ricky, Rickie, Dickon, Richy, Ritchy, Ritchie
  • Estonian: Riho
  • Esperanto: Rikĉjo
  • Finnish: Riku
  • Greek: Στούκος (Stoúkos)
  • Hungarian: Ricsi, Ricsike, Rics
  • Icelandic: Rikki
  • Italian: Ricky, Riki, Richi
  • Latvian: Ričs
  • Lithuanian: Ryčka, Rytis
  • Polish: Rysio, Rysiek, Ryś
  • Portuguese: Rico, Ric
  • Romanian: Richi
  • Slovak: Rišo, Riško, Riči
  • Spanish: Cayo (Guatemala)
  • Swiss/German: Richi

Nicknames

  • English: Ricky, Rickie, Rikki, Richie, Rich, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Ritchie, Richy, Rick, Ritchy, Rico

See also

  • Richarda
  • Richardis (given name)
  • Richart
  • Richardt
  • Dickon, a given name derived from the old English name for Richard

References