Meaning of name Richard

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Meaning

The name Richard has the following meaning:

A brave and dominant ruler.

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Richard as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Richard is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 81 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Richard fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 6 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 114 in the Top 1000 charts.

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

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Pronunciation

The name Richard is pronounced as rich-urd

Origins

Richard originates from the German language.
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Related names

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

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Richard: 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)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Richard are: Rich, Dick, Ricky, Richie, Rick, Rico

Style

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

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Impression

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

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

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Richard

Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Richard (or its variants) are:

Richard AxeL, born on 2 July, a famous physicist. Richard AxeL's background: An American neuroscientist whose work on the olfactory system won him and Linda B. Buck, a former post-doctoral scientist in his research group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004.

Richard Milhous Nixon, born on 9 January, a famous president. Richard Milhous Nixon's background: The thirty-seventh President of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

Richard Phillips Feynman, born on 11 May, a famous physicist. Richard Phillips Feynman's background: An American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory