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Richard
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Richárd richard
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/ RP,AU
en en-uk-richard.ogg UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Richard.wav London
en /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.ɚd/ GA,CA
en en-us-Richard.ogg California
en Rich ard
Etymology 1
en male given name :inh enm:Rycharde<ety:bor<fro:Richard<ety:der<la-med:Richardus>>>> 1
From en enm Rycharde, from en fro Richard, from en la-med Richardus,Ricohardus, from en frk *Rīkahard, from en gem-pro *Rīkaharduz, a construction of gem-pro *rīks king, ruler *harduz hard, brave 1. Cognate with goh Rīcohard Richard. Partially related to en rich.
A hypothetical Old English equivalent ang *Rīċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed.
Proper noun
s
en male Germanic languages.
V II What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
en 1629 Thomas Adams Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) 3 212 But we have known Williams and Richards, names not found in sacred story, but familiar to our country, prove as gracious saints as any Safe deliverance, Fight the good fight of faith, or such like,
en 1985 William Wharton Pride 0394536363 97 I'd love to live in our castle. First I'd change my name from Dickie to Richard. That's my real name and it's a good king name. I don't like being called Dickie anyway, and I don't want to be Dick Junior either because everybody starts calling you Junior. What I'd like to be called is Rich but I don't know how to start people doing it.
en 2009-09 Eldon Chéze JEFFREY LIONEL DAHMER: A PSYCHOBIOGRAPHICAL STUDY 121 https://files.core.ac.uk/download/pdf/145053433.pdf Two months later, on March 24, 1988, Jeffrey met Richard Guerrero in the doorway of the Phoenix Bar (Davis, 1995; Masters, 1993). https://web.archive.org/web/20251209015509/https://files.core.ac.uk/download/pdf/145053433.pdf
en Sandee LaMotte Can a daily multivitamin slow cognitive aging? Maybe w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/health/multivitamins-memory-study-wellness/index.html 2023-05-24 While the less-than-a-word improvement was statistically significant, it would be hard to tell if such a small change would improve a person’s life, said Alzheimer’s disease researcher Dr. Richard Isaacson, a preventive neurologist at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases of Florida. https://web.archive.org/web/20260310224603/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/health/multivitamins-memory-study-wellness/index.html 10 March 2026
en patronymics.
en Martin Richard was the youngest of three people killed by explosions at the Boston Marathon in 2013.
Derived terms
en King Richard Preston Richard Richard's Castle
Related terms
en diminutives Dick Dickey Dickie Dicky Hick Rich Richie Richy Rick Rickey Ricki Ricky
en surnames Dick Dickason Dickel Dicken Dickens Dickenson Dickerson Dickeson Dickey Dickie Dickin Dickings Dickins Dickinson Dickison Dickman Dicks Dickson Digg Diggen Diggens Digges Diggin Diggins Diggle Diggles Diggs Digman Dix Dixey Dixie Dixon Dixson Hedgcock Hedgcox Hedgecock Hedgecox Hichen Hichens Hichin Hichins Hick Hickam Hickcox Hicken Hickerson Hickes Hickin Hicking Hicklin Hickling Hickman Hickmon Hickock Hickok Hicks Hickson Higgens Higgin Higgins Higginson Higgitt Higgon Higgs Higson Hiscock Hiscocks Hiscoke Hiscott Hiscox Hiskett Hitch Hitchcock Hitchcott Hitchcox Hitchen Hitchens Hitches Hitchin Hitching Hitchings Hitchins Hitchinson Hitchon Hixon Icke McRitchie Prichard Pritchard Reacher Rich Richards Richardson Richarson Richerson Riches Richesin Richeson Richey Richie Richins Richison Richson Richy Richyson Rick Rickard Rickards Rickerd Rickers Rickert Rickett Ricketts Ricks Rickson Ritch Ritcheson Ritchey Ritchie Ritchison Ritchson Ritson Rix Rixon
Translations
male given name
Albanian: sq Rikárdi m, sq Riçárdi m, sq Rihárdi m
Amharic: am ሪቻርድ
Arabic: ar رِيتْشَارْد m ritšard
Egyptian Arabic: arz ريتشارد m ritšard
Armenian: hy Ռիչարդ
Asturian: ast Ricardo m
Azerbaijani: az Riçard
Basque: eu Rikard
Belarusian: be Ры́чард m
Bengali: bn রিচার্ড richārd
Breton: br Richarzh
Bulgarian: bg Ри́чард m, bg Ри́хард m
Catalan: ca Ricard m
Cherokee: chr ᏈᎭᏗ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 理查德, cmn 理查 Lǐchá
Czech: cs Richard m
Danish: da Richard m, da Rikard m
Dutch: nl Richard m, nl Rijkert m, nl Rikkert m
Esperanto: eo Rikardo
Estonian: et Richard, et Riho
Finnish: fi Rikhard, fi Riku
French: fr Richard m
Georgian: ka რიჩარდ, ka რიხარდ
German: de Richard m, de Rikard m
Greek: el Ρίτσαρντ m, el Ριχάρδος m historical figures
Gujarati: gu રિચાર્ડ
Hawaiian: haw Likeke
Hebrew: he ריצ׳רד m ritshard
Hindi: hi रिचर्ड m
Hungarian: hu Richárd
Icelandic: is Ríkharður m
Inuktitut: iu ᕆᑦᓴᕐᑦ
Irish: ga Risteard m
Italian: it Riccardo m
Japanese: ja リチャード Richādo from English, ja リシャール Rishāru from French, ja リヒャルト Rihyaruto from German, ja リカルド Rikarudo from Spanish, ja リッカルド Rikkarudo from Italian
Korean: ko ^리차드
Latin: la Richardus m
Latvian: lv Rihards m, lv Ričards m
Lithuanian: lt Ričardas m
Macedonian: mk Ри́чард m
Māori: mi Rihari
Marathi: mr रिचर्ड m
Norman: nrf R'chard m
Norwegian: no Rikard m, no Richard m
Old English: ang Rīċheard
Persian: fa ریچارد ričârd
Polish: pl Ryszard m
Portuguese: pt Ricardo m
Romanian: ro Riciard m, ro Riciardu m
Russian: ru Ри́чард m from English, ru Риша́р m from French, ru Ри́хард m from German
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ruiseart
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Рикард m
Latin: sh Rikard m
Slovak: sk Richard m
Slovene: sl Rihard m
Spanish: es Ricardo m
Swedish: sv Rikard m, sv Rickard m, sv Richard m
Ukrainian: uk Рі́чард m
Urdu: ur رچرڈ m ricarḍ
Vietnamese: vi Richớt
Welsh: cy Rhisiart
Etymology 2
en turd :clipping Richard III
en Richard III.
Noun
en Cockney rhyming slang mildly vulgar A turd.
Further reading
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Richard, from ceb enm Rycharde, from ceb fro Richard, from ceb la-med Richardus and la Ricohardus, from ceb frk *Rīkahard, from ceb gem-pro *Rīkaharduz, a construction of gem-pro *rīks king, ruler *harduz hard, brave 1.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English < Germanic languages
2010 — Maningo, Alcea, Ang Nitugpa sa Atop (04 November), Sugilanon, Kalingawan, Banat News
ceb Daw may usa ka bloke nga hollowblock nga nahulog gikan sa panganod ug nitugpa sa sin nga atop sa tindahan. Nakurat ang lima ka mga estambay sa tindahan. Daling nanindog sila si Alex Tudtud, Richard Dagoc, Jomar Suprema, Romeo Brusas ug Jerome Bertes.
ceb 4 April 2011 Tubilan, Joseph Elvir C https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/226115/ Way Nakakita SuperBalita Cebu Si Richard Ian Bruce Bansuan, testigo sa Task Force Ella Joy, nihisgot sa korte kagahapon sa gihimong husay sa motion to quash search warrant nga nakit-an niya ang langyaw dihang nagmaneho siya sa motorsiklo kuyog si Ligaya Escultos. https://web.archive.org/web/20261023002024/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/way-nakakita 23 October 2026
2012 — Suarez, Lloyd, Pamutos na Lang, Warden Manansala (13 June), Super Hirit, Cebu Daily News
ceb Pagkabakakon gyud ni Richard Cabornay Baculi kinsa maoy nagmaneho sa motorsiklo nga “Yamaha Meo” nga maoy ilang gisakyan uban sa iyang ig-agaw nga napatay ni PO2 Lea Juarez nga si Rael Alex Tajanlangit Cabornay alias “Nano” gikan nga mitulis ni Reychel Alvizo Juntar.
Chinese
Etymology
From yue en Richard, which resembles the pronunciation of yue 碌柒 dickhead; idiot. Probably popularised by The God of Cookery The God of Cookery (quoted below).
Pronunciation
wit1 cat4 n
Noun
zh noun
zh Hong Kong Cantonese minced oath euphemistic zh 碌柒
zh 1996 w:zh:周星馳<t:Stephen Chow> zh:史提芬周<t:Stephen Chow> w:zh:食神<t:The God of Cookery>
咦,R{w}i{i}c{t}h{1}a{c}r{a}d{t4} 好 R{w}i{i}c{t}h{1}a{c}r{a}d{t4} 喎{wo3}!受 過 高等教育 定{ding6-2} 啦{laa3} ! Hey Dick, you look like a dick! You must have received higher education, right? C
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
cs Czech Republic
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Richard
Declension
m.an
Related terms
cs Ríša
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male Richard
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Richard
Related terms
et Rihard Riho
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-richard.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Bastenbas (Lingua)-chapelle Saint-Sixte de Puy-Richard.wav chapelle Saint-Sixte de Puy-Richard
Proper noun
m
fr male Richard
fr patronymics Richard
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁɪçaɐ̯t/ Germany
de /ˈrɪçart/ Austria,Switzerland
de De-Richard.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Richard
Kashubian
Etymology
csb :bor de:Richard + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
csb male Richard
Further reading
Ryszard
Ryszard
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male, the usual modern form of no Rikard
Occitan
Proper noun
m oc Limousin
oc male
Further reading
; page 496
Slovak
Pronunciation
sk /ˈrixart/
Proper noun
m-pr
sk male Richard
Declension
m-pr name
Derived terms
sk Richard Ľvie Srdce<g:m> Riško<g:m>
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
es :ubor en:Richard<id:male given name> + 1 Ricardo
Pronunciation
ríchard ɹɪchɚd +
Proper noun
m
es male English
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Richard.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male, an English and French type variant of sv Rikard
References
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 17 105 males with the given name Richard (compared to 10 124 named Rikard and 22 341 named Rickard) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.