Richard
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| Richard | |
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 17th-century portrait of Richard the Lionheart, a 12th-century King of England |
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| Pronunciation | /ˈrɪtʃərd/ |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Proto-Germanic |
| Meaning | powerful leader |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Rich, Rick, Dick, Dickie, Ricardo, Richie, Dickie, Richardo, Rico, Ricky |
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The first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English "ric" (ruler, leader, king) and "hard" (strong, brave, court), therefore it means "powerful leader" as well as "King's Court".[1]
Richard is a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Danish, Swedish and Dutch.
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People named Richard[edit]
Rulers and aristocrats[edit]
- Richard I of England or Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199)
- Richard II of England (1367–1400)
- Richard III of England (1452–1485)
- Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (1473-1483?), who would have been Richard IV of England if he had lived
- Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411-1460), a principal participant in the Wars of the Roses
- Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1209-1272), elected King of Germany
- Richard, Duke of Burgundy (died 921)
- Richard I, Duke of Normandy (933-996)
- Richard II, Duke of Normandy (died 1026), son of Richard I of Normandy
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612-1698), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier
- Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753), instrumental in the revival of Palladian architecture
- Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester (1222-1262)
- Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035-c. 1090), Norman lord involved in the conquest of England
- Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (c. 1306-1376), English military leader
- Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (1346-1397), English military commander
- Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711-1779), British politician and associate and brother-in-law of William Pitt
- Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (1641-1712), Irish peer, and politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland
- Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), wealthy English magnate and major protagonist in the Wars of the Roses
- Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400-1460), Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses
- Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers (c. 1660-1712), soldier and noted rake
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861), noted for squandering his great wealth
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823-1889), British soldier, politician and administrator
- Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Anglo-Irish Governor-General of India, Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, brother of the 1st Duke of Wellington
- Richard I of Capua (died 1078), King of Capua and Count of Aversa
- Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (1259-1326)
In politics and government[edit]
- Richard Acland (1906-1990), one of the founders of the British Common Wealth Party and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Richard "Dick" Cheney (born 1941), Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush
- Richard Clarence "Dick" Clark (born September 14, 1928), former Senator from Iowa
- Richard Court (born 1947), Australian politician, former Premier of Western Australia
- Richard Cromwell (1626-1712), son of Oliver Cromwell, and his successor as Lord Protector of England
- Richard J. Daley (1902-1976), mayor of Chicago
- Richard M. Daley (born 1942), American former state senator and mayor of Chicago, son of Richard J. Daley
- Richard Hatfield (1931-1991), Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick
- Richard "Dick" Lugar (born April 4, 1932), former Senator from Indiana
- Richard Nixon (1913-1994), only President of the United States to resign from office
- Richard Rush (1780-1859), United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury
- Richard Stockton (1764-1828) United States Senator from New Jersey
Business people[edit]
- Richard Branson (born 1950), British businessman and founder of the Virgin Group of companies
- Richard DeVos (born 1926), American businessman and co-founder of Amway
- Richard Jacobs (1925-2009), real estate businessman and owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team
- Richard Warren Sears (1863-1914), co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and considered a promotional genius
Religious figures[edit]
- Saint Richard (disambiguation)
- Richard of Dover (died 1184), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard Foxe (c. 1448-1528), Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
In music[edit]
Composers[edit]
- Richard D. James (1971-), British composer and electronic musician, records music as Aphex Twin, among other monikers.
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer and conductor
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist
Singers and musicians[edit]
- Richard Butler (born 1956), lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs
- Richard Carpenter (born 1946), one half of The Carpenters
- Ringo Starr (born 1940), real name Richard Starkey, drummer of The Beatles
- Richard Wright (born 1943, died 2008), keyboard player for Pink Floyd
- Richard Ashcroft (born 1971), former singer with The Verve
Actors[edit]
- Richard Armitage (born 1971), English actor
- Richard Attenborough (born 1923), English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur
- Richard Ayoade (born 1977), English comedian, actor, writer and director
- Richard Burbage (1568-1619), English actor and theatre owner
- Richard Burton (1925-1984), Welsh actor
- Richard Chamberlain (born 1934), American actor
- Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor
- Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), American actor
- Richard Gere (born 1949), American actor
- Richard Harris (1930-2002), Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer
- Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer
- Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality
Explorers[edit]
- Richard R. Arnold (born 1963), American astronaut
- Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat
- Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957), U.S. Navy rear admiral, aviator and explorer
- Richard "Dick" Rutkowski, diving medicine pioneer
Military figures[edit]
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), British naval commander in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars
- Richard Taylor (1826-1879), American Civil War Confederate general
In sports[edit]
- Richard Newland (1713-1778), English cricketer
- Richard Petty (born 1937), former NASCAR driver
- Richard Sears (1861-1943), winner of seven consecutive U.S. tennis championships
- Richard Swann (born 1991), American professional wrestler
- Richard Freitag (born 1991), German ski jumper
Scientists[edit]
- Richard Dawkins (born 1941), English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
- Richard Feynman (1918-1988), American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Richard Leakey (born 1944), politician, paleoanthropologist and conservationist
Other[edit]
- Richard Assman (born 1934), Canadian gas station owner who became famous as "Dick Assman"
- Richard Garriott (born 1961), video game developer and entrepreneur
- Richard Maury (1882-1950), American naturalized Argentine engineer
- Richard von Hegener (1905-1981), primary organizer of Action T4 Nazi euthanasia program
Cognates/transliterations[edit]
Indo-European Germanic languages[edit]
- Dutch: Rijkert, Rikkert, Richard, Rick
- Icelandic: Ríkharður
- Low German: Ri(c)kert, Richard
- Scandinavian: Rickard, Richard, Rikard, Ríkarður
Indo-European Latin languages[edit]
- Catalan and Occitan: Ricard
- French: Richard
- Italian: Riccardo
- Latin: Richardus
- Portuguese: Ricardo
- Spanish: Ricardo
Indo-European Slavic languages[edit]
- Croatian: Rikard
- Czech: Richard
- Polish: Ryszard
- Russian: Ричард (Richard)
- Slovene: Rihard
- Ukrainian: Річард (Richard)
Other Indo-European languages[edit]
- Armenian: Հռիքարտոս (Hrikartós)[2]
- Breton: Richarzh
- Esperanto: Rikardo
- Greek: Ριχάρδος (Richárdos)
- Irish: Risteárd, Riocard
- Latvian: Ričards, Rihards
- Lithuanian: Ričardas
- Persian: ریچارد (Ritchard)
- Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseart
- Welsh: Rhisiart
Other languages[edit]
- Arabic: ريتشارد (Rytshrd, Ritshrd, Rytshard, Ritshard)
- Basque: Rikard
- Chinese: 理查德 (Lĭchádé)
- Finnish: Rikhard
- Hebrew: ריצ'רד (Richard)
- Hungarian: Richárd
- Japanese: リチャード (Richado)
- Korean: 리처드
- Saami: Rikkar
Short forms[edit]
- Czech: Ríša
- English: Rick, Rich, Dick, Dickie, Rik, Ric
- Estonian: Riho
- Finnish: Riku
- Hungarian: Ricsi, Ricsike, Rics
- Icelandic: Rikki
- Lithuanian: Ryčka
- Polish: Rysio, Rysiek, Ryś
- Portuguese: Rico, Ric
- Slovak: Rišo, Riško, Riči
- Spanish: Cayo (Guatemala)
Pet forms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Baby Name Richard". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved October 2, 2008.
- ^ M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth. p. 772. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
