Richard
See also: Richárd and richard
English
Etymology
From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus and Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard (“Richard”). 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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.ɚd/
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Proper noun
Richard (plural Richards)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 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 606515358, [Act V, scene ii]:
- What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 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,
- 1985, William Wharton, Pride, →ISBN, page 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.
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- (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Martin Richard, the youngest of three people killed by explosions at the Boston Marathon in 2013
Derived terms
- Richard's Castle
Related terms
diminutives
- Dick
- Dickey
- Dickie
- Dicky
- Hick
- Rich
- Richie
- Richy
- Rick
- Rickey
- Ricki
- Ricky
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
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Cebuano
Etymology
From English Richard, from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus and Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”).
Proper noun
Richard
- a male given name from the Germanic languages
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Richard.
Chinese
Etymology
From English Richard, which resembles the pronunciation of 碌柒 (luk1 cat6, “dickhead; idiot”). Probably popularised by The God of Cookery.
Pronunciation
Noun
Richard
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) Alternative form of 碌柒.
Czech
Pronunciation
- (Czech Republic) IPA(key): [ˈrɪxart]
Proper noun
Richard m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Related terms
- Ríša
Danish
Proper noun
Richard
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Estonian
Proper noun
Richard
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Related terms
- Rihard
- Riho
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.ʃaʁ/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Richard m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
- a surname originating as a patronymic
German
Pronunciation
- (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈʁɪçaɐ̯t/
- (Austria, Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈrɪçart/
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Proper noun
Richard
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Norwegian
Proper noun
Richard
- a male given name, the usual modern form of Rikard
Occitan
Proper noun
Richard m (Limousin)
- a male given name
Further reading
- Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN; page 496
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrixart/
Proper noun
Richard m (genitive singular Richarda, nominative plural Richardovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Declension
Declension of Richard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Richard | Richardovia |
| genitive | Richarda | Richardov |
| dative | Richardovi | Richardom |
| accusative | Richarda | Richardov |
| locative | Richardovi | Richardoch |
| instrumental | Richardom | Richardmi |
Derived terms
- Richard Ľvie Srdce m
- Riško m
Further reading
- Richard in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
Proper noun
Richard c (genitive Richards)
- a male given name, an English and French type variant of Rikard
References
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.