Meaning & History
Medieval diminutive of Richard. The change in the initial consonant is said to have been caused by the way the trilled Norman R was pronounced by the English [1].
Related Names
Feminine FormRichardine
Other Languages & CulturesRichard, Ricohard(Ancient Germanic) Ricard(Catalan) Richard(Czech) Richard(Danish) Richard(Dutch) Rikhard, Riku(Finnish) Richard(French) Richard, Hardy(German) Richárd, Rikárdó(Hungarian) Risteárd(Irish) Riccardo(Italian) Rihards, Ričards(Latvian) Ričardas(Lithuanian) Dicun, Hudde(Medieval English) Richard, Rikard(Norwegian) Ryszard(Polish) Ricardo(Portuguese) Richard, Riško, Rišo(Slovak) Rihard(Slovene) Ricardo, Rico(Spanish) Richard, Rickard, Rikard(Swedish) Rhisiart(Welsh)
Same SpellingDick 2
Popularity
People think this name is
classic informal common devious strong rough strange simple comedic unintellectual
Name Days
Sweden: February 7
Categories
A Song of Ice and Fire characters, Ace Attorney characters, American Dad characters, American vice presidents, Beavis and Butt-Head characters, Charles Dickens characters, currently out of the US top 1000, DC Comics characters, diminutives, Discworld characters, English verbs, Ernest Hemingway characters, Gundam characters, Hunters characters, Jane Austen characters, Louisa May Alcott characters, Mad Men characters, medieval, Shakespearean characters, Stephen King characters, Supernatural characters, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy characters, The Man Who Came to Dinner characters, The Sopranos characters, Thomas Hardy characters, William Faulkner characters, word names
Sources & References
- Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 84.
