Ricardo
| Pronunciation | Spanish: [riˈkaɾðo] Portuguese: [ʁiˈkaɾðu] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Spanish,Portuguese, |
| Meaning | 'strong in rule' |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Riccardo, Richard, Rick, Chico |
Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic *rīks 'king, ruler' + *harduz hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname.
People
Given name
- Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portuguese comedian
- Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
- Ricardo Ávila, Panamanian footballer
- Ricardo Bralo, Argentine long-distance runner
- Ricardo Bueno Fernández, Spanish politician
- Ricardo Busquets, Puerto Rican swimmer
- Ricardo Cardeno, Colombian triathlete
- Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
- Ricardo Cortez, American actor
- Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor
- Ricardo (footballer, born 1980), full name Ricardo da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
- Ricardo Faty, Senegalese footballer
- Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player
- Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian boxer
- Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican football (soccer) player
- Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician
- Ricardo Gomes, Brazilian footballer
- Ricardo González (golfer), Argentine golf player
- Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso, Chilean footballer
- Ricardo Gutierrez, American actor
- Ricardo Hausmann, Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard
- Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer
- Ricardo James, Panamaian footballer
- Ricardo Lagos, Chilean socialist politician and former president
- Ricardo Larrivée, French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer
- Ricardo Lee, Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright
- Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish football goalkeeper
- Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
- Ricardo Marsh (born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Ricardo Martínez, Mexican footballer
- Ricardo Matosinhos, Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue
- Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian racing driver
- Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor
- Ricardo Medina, Jr., American actor
- Ricardo Miranda, Canadian politician
- Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician
- Ricardo Nascimento, Portuguese footballer
- Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author
- Ricardo Pereira (actor), Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model
- Ricardo (footballer, born 1976), full name Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira, Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ricardo Puno, Filipino lawyer
- Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
- Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian racing driver
- Ricardo Salampessy, Indonesian footballer
- Ricardo Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer
- Ricardo Sánchez (water polo), Spanish water polo player
- Ricardo Santos (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ricardo Senn, Argentine cyclist
- Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver), Angolan racing driver
- Ricardo Villagran, Argentine illustrator
- Ricardo Villalobos, Chilean electronic musician
- Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian Formula One driver
Nickname
- Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992
Last name
- Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (1847–1879), British aristocrat
- Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912-1999), British ichthyologist
- David Ricardo (1772–1823), British economist
- Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), British army officer , police officer and philanthropist (brother of Horace Ricardo)
- Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974), British motor engineer who established Ricardo Consulting Engineers
- Colonel Horace Ricardo (1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo)
- James Ricardo, American film director
- John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician
Fictional characters
- Richard Alpert (Lost), on the Lost TV series
- Ricardo Diaz, from the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City video game
- Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, main characters on the I Love Lucy TV series
- Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the Ang Probinsyano TV series
- Ricardo Tubbs, on the TV series Miami Vice
- Ricardo (comic book character), the main antagonist from The Adventures of Nero comic book series
See also
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