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
