Richard en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.ɚd/ (Canada, General-American)
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- /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richard From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard (“Richard”). Partially related to rich. A hypothetical Old English equivalent *Rīċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed.
Meanings
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Two months later, on March 24, 1988, Jeffrey met Richard Guerrero in the doorway of the Phoenix Bar (Davis, 1995; Masters, 1993).
2009 September 14, Eldon Chéze, JEFFREY LIONEL DAHMER: A PSYCHOBIOGRAPHICAL STUDY, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025, page 121:What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]: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.
2023 May 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Can a daily multivitamin slow cognitive aging? Maybe”, in CNN: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,
1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212: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.
1985, William Wharton, Pride, →ISBN, page 97:
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
Martin Richard was the youngest of three people killed by explosions at the Boston Marathon in 2013.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| Richards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
King Richard · Preston Richard · Richard's Castle
Relateds
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Translations (81)
pl Ryszard (male given name) · no Rikard (male given name) · ast Ricardo (male given name) · ja リチャード (male given name) · sk Richard (male given name) · mr रिचर्ड (male given name) · ca Ricard (male given name) · es Ricardo (male given name) · ru Ри́хард (male given name) · nl Rikkert (male given name) · hy Ռիչարդ (male given name) · sh Rikard (male given name) · el Ρίτσαρντ (male given name) · ka რიხარდ (male given name) · hi रिचर्ड (male given name) · lv Rihards (male given name) · bn রিচার্ড (male given name) · he ריצ׳רד (male given name) · sl Rihard (male given name) · ru Риша́р (male given name) · gu રિચાર્ડ (male given name) · et Riho (male given name) · eo Rikardo (male given name) · cmn 理查德 (male given name) · lv Ričards (male given name) · lt Ričardas (male given name) · ru Ри́чард (male given name) · cy Rhisiart (male given name) · sh Рикард (male given name) · de Rikard (male given name) · nrf R'chard (male given name) · fi Riku (male given name) · da Rikard (male given name) · br Richarzh (male given name) · nl Rijkert (male given name) · chr ᏈᎭᏗ (male given name) · fa ریچارد (male given name) · gd Ruiseart (male given name) · sq Rikárdi (male given name) · it Riccardo (male given name) · uk Рі́чард (male given name) · la Richardus (male given name) · ro Riciard (male given name) · el Ριχάρδος (male given name) · mk Ри́чард (male given name) · sv Richard (male given name) · haw Likeke (male given name) · bg Ри́чард (male given name) · ga Risteard (male given name) · be Ры́чард (male given name) · ko 리차드 (male given name) · is Ríkharður (male given name) · sv Rikard (male given name) · iu ᕆᑦᓴᕐᑦ (male given name) · nl Richard (male given name) · am ሪቻርድ (male given name) · pt Ricardo (male given name) · cmn 里夏爾 (male given name) · ka რიჩარდ (male given name) · bg Ри́хард (male given name) · cs Richard (male given name) · de Richard (male given name) · sq Riçárdi (male given name) · fi Rikhard (male given name) · eu Rikard (male given name) · et Richard (male given name) · ar رِيتْشَارْد (male given name) · no Richard (male given name) · fr Richard (male given name) · ang Rīċheard (male given name) · sv Rickard (male given name) · vi Richớt (male given name) · sq Rihárdi (male given name) · da Richard (male given name) · ur رچرڈ (male given name) · arz ريتشارد (male given name) · ro Riciardu (male given name) · az Riçard (male given name) · hu Richárd (male given name) · mi Rihari (male given name) · cmn 里夏德 (male given name)