Richard
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.ɚd/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper nounEdit
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, [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.
- (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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
diminutives
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
TranslationsEdit
male given name
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CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
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 nounEdit
Richard
- a male given name from the Germanic languages
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Richard.
ChineseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Richard, which resembles the pronunciation of 碌柒 (luk1 cat6, “dickhead; idiot”). Probably popularised by The God of Cookery.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Richard
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) Alternative form of 碌柒.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
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DanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
EstonianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Related termsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
- a surname originating as a patronymic
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
NorwegianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard
- a male given name, the usual modern form of Rikard
OccitanEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard m (Limousin)
- a male given name
Further readingEdit
- Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN; page 496
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard m anim (genitive singular Richarda, nominative plural Richardovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Richard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Richard | Richardovia |
| genitive | Richarda | Richardov |
| dative | Richardovi | Richardom |
| accusative | Richarda | Richardov |
| locative | Richardovi | Richardoch |
| instrumental | Richardom | Richardmi |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Richard in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SwedishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Richard c (genitive Richards)
- a male given name, an English and French type variant of Rikard
ReferencesEdit
- [1] 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.