Rickard
English
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Etymology
editFrom a medieval variant of Richard.
Proper noun
editRickard
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Swedish
editEtymology
editCognate with English Richard. First recorded in Sweden as Rikard in the 1160s.
Proper noun
editRickard c (genitive Rickards)
- a male given name
Related terms
edit- (surnames) Rickardsson
References
edit- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 22 341 males with the given name Rickard (compared to 10 124 named Rikard and 17 105 named Richard) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.