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Meaning

The name Ricardo has the following meaning:

A brave and dominant ruler.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Ricardo is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 149 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Ricardo fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 19 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 168 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Ricardo in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Ricardo is very likely a(n) Portuguese variant of the name Richard. See other suggested Portuguese boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Richard.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Ricardo and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Ricardo: Boys - Aldo, Alois, Baron, Eber, Gerald, Gottlieb, Harding, Herbert, Roger, Terrell, Girls - Allar, Ellar, Nordica, Odile, Ottilie, Ramona, Wanda, Zelma, Both genders - Hattie

Variants

The name Ricardo is a variant of Richard. Other popular variants of the name Richard are: Arri (Estonian), Dic (Romanian), Dick (Nickname), Dickie, Dicky, Juki (Estonian), Raechard, Rashard, Reku (Finnish), Rhisiart (Welsh), Ricard, Ricardo (Portuguese), Riccardo, Ricciardo (Italian), Ricco (Italian), Rich (English), Richar, Richardo, Richards (Latvian), Richardsen, Richart (German), Richer, Richerd, Richerdson, Richey, Richi (Spanish), Richie (English), Richird, Richman, Richshard, Richud, Richy, Rickard (Swedish), Ricke, Rickee, Rickert (Swedish), Rickey (English), Ricki (English), Rickie (English), Ricky (English), Rico (Italian), Riczi (Hungarian), Rihardos (Greek), Rihards (Latvian), Rikard (Norwegian), Riki (Estonian), Riks (Estonian), Riocard, Riqui (Spanish), Risa (Czech), Rish, Rishard, Rishe, Rishee, Rishey, Rishi, Rishie, Rishy, Rishye, Rishyee, Risteard (Irish), Ritch, Ritchard, Ritcherd, Ritchie, Ritchy, Ritchyrd, Ritshard, Ritsherd, Rostya (Russian), Ruiseart (Scottish), Rye (Polish), Ryk, Rysh, Ryshe, Ryshee, Ryshey, Ryshi, Ryshie, Rysio (Polish), Ryszard (Polish), Slava (Russian), Slavik (Russian), Slavka (Russian)

Style

We think the name Ricardo should fall under the following style category: Classics.

See other Classics boy names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Ricardo to be: Handsome, strong athlete

In one word, you might describe Ricardo as a(n) "athletic" person.

See other "athletic" names for boys.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Richard for names of some famous persons with the name Ricardo or Richard (or their variants).
Ryan (14)
Robert (34)
Richard (81)
Riley (108)
Raymond (184)
Roman (259)
Russell (347)
Rylan (369)
Rodney (396)
Roger (403)
Riocard
Reshaud
Royall
Ruffis
Rossi
Ralf
Ramario
Rainhold
Rish
Richerdson
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