Richard
| Richard | |
|---|---|
 17th-century portrait of Richard the Lionheart, a 12th-century King of England | |
| Pronunciation |
/ˈrɪtʃərd/ French: [ʁiʃaʁ] German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt] (Germany) or [ˈrɪçart] (Austria and Switzerland) Czech: [ˈrɪxart] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Proto-Germanic |
| Meaning | strong or brave leader |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Rich, Rick, Dick, Dickie, Reeks, Riccardo, Riquix, Richie, Ricardo, Rico, Ricky, Richi, Rickey, Rickard[1][2] |
The Germanic first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English "ric" (ruler, leader, king, powerful) and "hard" (strong, brave, hardy), and it therefore means "strong in rule".[1][3] Nicknames include "Dick", "Dickie",[2] "Rich", "Richie", "Rick", "Ricky",[1] and others.
"Richard" is a common male name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch. It is also often used as a French, Irish, Scottish, Finnish, or Estonian name.
People named Richard
Rulers and heads of state
- 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 I of Capua (died 1078), King of Capua and Count of Aversa
- Richard I of England or Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199)
- Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1209–1272), elected King of Germany
- Richard II of England (1367–1400)
- Richard III of England (1452–1485)
- Richard Cromwell (1626–1712), son of Oliver Cromwell, and his successor as Lord Protector of England (1658-1659)
- Richard Nixon (1913–1994), American politician, President of the United States (1969-1974) and Vice President (1953-1961)
- Richard von Weizsäcker (1920-2015), German politician, Governing Mayor of West Berlin (1981-1984) and President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984-1994)
In politics and government
- Richard Acland (1906–1990), one of the founders of the British Common Wealth Party and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Dick Armey (born 1940), American politician, member U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1985-2003)
- Richard Armitage (politician) (born 1945), American government official, Deputy Secretary of State (2001-2005)
- Richard Arrington Jr. (born 1934), first African-American mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama
- Richard Bedford "R.B." Bennett (1870-1947), Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Canada (1930-1935).
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612–1698), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier.
- Richard Burr (born 1955), American politician, U.S. Senator from North Carolina (2005-present)
- Richard "Dick" Cheney (born 1941), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming (1979-1989), Secretary of Defense (1989-1993) and Vice President (2001-2009)
- Dick Clark (senator) (born 1928), American politician, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1973-1979)
- Richard Court (born 1947), Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (1993-2001)
- Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), American politician, Mayor of Chicago (1955-1976)
- Richard M. Daley (born 1942), American politician, Illinois state senator (1972-1980) and Mayor of Chicago (1989-2011)
- Richard Darman (1943-2008), American businessman and government official, White House Staff Secretary (1981-1985), Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1985-1987) and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1989-1993)
- Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779), British politician and associate and brother-in-law of William Pitt
- Richard Hatfield (1931–1991), Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick (1970-1987)
- Richard Helms (1913-2002), American government official, Director of Central Intelligence (1966-1973), U.S. Ambassador to Iran (1973-1977)
- Richard Johnson (judge) (born 1937), Irish jurist, President of the Irish High Court (2006-2009)
- Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (1641–1712), Irish peer, and politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland
- Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky (1807-1819 and 1829-1833), U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1819-1829) and Vice President (1837-1841)
- Richard Lugar (born 1932), American politician, U.S. Senator from Indiana (1977-2011)
- Richard Perle (born 1941), American government official and foreign policy specialist, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs 1981-1987
- Richard Rush (1780–1859), American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1814-1817) and Secretary of the Treasury (1825-1829)
- Richard Seddon (1845-1906), New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893-1906)
- Richard Shelby (born 1934), American politician, U.S. Senator from Alabama (1987-present)
- Richard Stockton (1764–1828), American politician, U.S. Senator from New Jersey (1796-1799), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1813-1815)
- Dick Thornburgh (born 1932), American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979-1987) and U.S. Attorney General (1988-1991)
- 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 Wild (judge) (1912-1978), New Zealand jurist, Chief Justice of New Zealand (1966-1978)
Aristocrats and non-ruling royals
- Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035 – c. 1090), Norman lord involved in the conquest of England
- Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester (1222–1262)
- Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (1259–1326)
- Richard Orsini (died 1304), Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, Count of Gravina, Bailli of Achaea
- Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses
- Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460), a principal participant in the Wars of the Roses
- Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), wealthy English magnate and major protagonist in the Wars of the Roses
- Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (1473 – c. 1483), who would have been King Richard IV of England if he had lived
- Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), instrumental in the revival of Palladian architecture
- 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
- Prince Richard von Metternich (1829-1895), Austrian diplomat, son of the illustrious diplomat Prince Klemens von Metternich
- Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1934), German-Swedish aristocrat and landowner, husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark
- Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944), British royal, grandson of King George V and 1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
Business people
- Richard L. Bloch (born 1929), American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist.
- 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 (businessman) (1925–2009), real estate businessman and owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team
- Richard Oetker (born 1951), German businessman, CEO of Dr. Oetker since 2010
- Richard Rawlings (born 1969), star of American television show Fast N' Loud, owner of Gas Monkey garage, Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live
- Richard Warren Sears (1863–1914), co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and considered a promotional genius
- Richard Velazquez (born 1973), PepsiCo executive and first automotive designer at Porsche AG (Germany) of Puerto Rican descent
- Richard Wilding, British businessman and academic
Religious figures
- Saint Richard (disambiguation)
- Richard Baxter (1615 – 1691) English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer
- 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
- Richard of Poitiers (died c. 1174), monk of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny, and author of historical works, treatises and poems
- Richard Poore (died 1237), Bishop of Salisbury and Durham, who helped found Salisbury Cathedral in its present location
In music
Composers
- Richard Dybeck (1811-1877), Swedish lyricist who wrote the national anthem of Sweden
- Richard Heuberger (1850-1924), Austrian composer of operas and operettas, music critic, and teacher
- Richard D. James (born 1971), British composer and electronic musician, records music as Aphex Twin, among other monikers.
- Richard Mohaupt (1904-1957), German-American composer and conductor
- Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer and conductor
- Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer, writer, conductor and theatre director
- Rich Batsford pianist, composer and singer songwriter
Singers and musicians
- Richard "Big Daddy Ritch" Anderson, lead vocalist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
- Richard Ashcroft (born 1971), former singer with The Verve
- Richard Butler (born 1956), lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs
- Richard Carpenter (born 1946), one half of The Carpenters
- Rick Danko (1943–1999), bassist for The Band
- Richard Henshall (born 1984), main composer, guitarist and keyboardist of Haken (band)
- Richard Kruspe (born 1967), lead guitarist of Rammstein
- Richard Manuel (1943–1986), pianist and vocalist of The Band
- Richard Lewis (tenor) (1914-1990), British tenor
- Richard Wayne Penniman, known as "Little Richard" (born 1932), American Rock and Roll singer
- Richard Starkey, known as "Ringo Starr" (born 1940), drummer of The Beatles
- Richard Tauber (1891-1948), Austrian tenor
- Richard Thompson (born 1949), singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Richard Wright (musician) (1943–2008), keyboard player for Pink Floyd
- Richard "Richie" Giese, known as Social Repose, American singer-songwriter and YouTube personality
Actors
- Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor
- Richard Armitage (actor) (born 1971), English actor
- Richard Attenborough (1923–2014), English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur
- Richard Ayoade (born 1977), English comedian, actor, writer and director
- Richard Belzer (born 1944), American actor, author, and stand-up comedian
- Richard Beymer (born 1938), American actor, filmmaker and artist
- Richard Burbage (1568–1619), English actor and theatre owner
- Richard Burton (1925–1984), Welsh actor
- Dick Cavett (born 1936), American television talk show host
- Richard Chamberlain (born 1934), American actor
- Dick Clark (1929–2012) was an American radio and television personality
- Richard Curtis (born 1956), British screenwriter, music producer, actor and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters
- Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), American actor
- Richard Fleeshman (born 1989), English actor and singer
- Richard Gere (born 1949), American actor
- Richard Harris (1930–2002), Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer
- Richard Jaeckel (1926–1997), American actor
- Richard Kind (born 1956), American actor
- Richard Madden (born 1986), Scottish actor
- Cheech Marin (born 1946), American actor and comedian, known for the comedy duo Cheech & Chong
- Richard Pryor (1940–2005) an American stand-up comedian and actor
- Richard Roundtree (born 1942), American actor
- Richard Schulefand (1923–1987), American actor and comedian professionally known as Dick Shawn
- Peter Sellers (1925–1980), British actor born Richard Henry Sellers
- Richard Simmons (actor) (1913–2003), American actor
- Richard Simmons (born 1948), American fitness personality and actor
- Richard Speight, Jr. (born 1970), American actor
- Richard Thomas (actor) (born 1951), American actor
- Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), American actor, comedian, writer and producer
In film and TV
- Richard Donner (born 1930), American film director and producer
- Richard Edlund (born 1940), American special effects cinematographer
- Richard Hammond (born 1970), British TV Presenter
- Richard Hwan (born 1992), Hong Kong model-TV host based in the Philippines
- Richard Lester (born 1932), American film director based in the UK
- Richard Ira "Rich" Vos (born 1957), American comedian
- Richard Whiteley (1943-2005), former Countdown host and UK TV personality
- Richard Williams (animator) (born 1933), Canadian-British animator
- Richard Wolstencroft (born 1969), Australian filmmaker
- Richard D. Zanuck (1934-2012), American film producer
Explorers
- 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 Masters (aka William Marsters), English sailor, cooper, trader and explorer
- Dick Rutkowski, diving medicine pioneer
Scientists
- Richard Lee Armstrong (1937-1991), American-Canadian geologist
- Richard Dawkins (born 1941), English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
- Richard Feynman (1918–1988), American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Richard D. Hansen, American archaeologist
- Richard D. James (scientist) (born 1952), American mechanician and materials scientist
- Richard Klophaus (born 1965), German economist
- Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902), Austro-German baron, psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis.
- Richard Leakey (born 1944), politician, paleoanthropologist and conservationist
- Richard Pringle, American psychologist and professor
- Richard von Mises (1883-1953), Austrian-American scientist and mathematician, brother of Ludwig von Mises
- Richard Swedberg (born 1948), Swedish sociologist at Cornell University
Soldiers
- Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (c. 1306–1376), English military leader
- Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (1346–1397), English military commander
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), British naval commander in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars
- Richard Marcinko (born 1940), U.S. Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran
- Richard Myers (born 1942), U.S. Air Force general, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2000-2001) and Chairman (2001-2005)
- Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers (c. 1660 – 1712), soldier and noted rake
- Richard Taylor (1826–1879), American Civil War Confederate general
- Richard Udugama (1911-1995), 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
In sports
- Dick Attlesey (1929–1984), American hurdler
- Dick Ault (1925–2007), American Olympian
- Rink Babka (born 1936), American discus thrower
- Dick Barber (1910–1983), American long jumper
- Richard Bleier (born 1987), major league baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles
- Richard Chelimo (1972–2001), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Dick Davis (running back) (born 1946), American football player
- Dick Davis (defensive end) (born 1938), American football player
- Dick Fencl (1910–1972), American football player
- Richard Fliehr (born 1949), American professional wrestler known as Ric Flair
- Richard Freitag (born 1991), German ski jumper
- Richard Gasquet (born 1986), French tennis player
- Richard Giachetti, former NASCAR Cup Series team owner
- Rick Hansen (born 1957), Canadian paraplegic athlete, activist and philanthropist
- Rich Houston (1945–1982), American football player
- Richard Johansson (1882-1952), Swedish figure skater, silver medalist at the 1908 Olympics
- Dick Johnson (racing driver) (born 1945), Australian touring car driver & team owner
- Richard Jordan (American football) (born 1972), American football player
- Richard Kilty (born 1989), English sprinter
- Richard Kingi (born 1989), Australian-New Zealand rugby union player
- Richard Krajicek (born 1971), Dutch professional tennis player, Wimbledon winner in 1996
- Rick Lackman (1910–1990), American football player
- Richard Limo (born 1980), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Richard Mateelong (born 1983), Kenyan runner
- Richard Medlin (born 1987), American football player
- Richard Moguena (born 1986), Chadian basketball player
- Richard Nerurkar (born 1964), British long-distance runner
- Richard Newland (cricketer) (1713–1778), English cricketer
- Richard "Dick" Pound (born 1942), Canadian swimmer, first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, and former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee
- Richard Petruška (born 1969), Solvak-Italian basketball player
- Richard Petty (born 1937), former NASCAR driver
- Richard Raskind, changed name to Renée Richards (born 1934), tennis player
- Richard "Dick" Savitt (born 1927), American tennis player
- Richard Sears (tennis) (1861–1943), winner of seven consecutive U.S. tennis championships
- Richard Sherman (American football) (born 1988), Defensive back for the Seattle Seahawks
- Dick Stanfel (1927–2015), American football player
- Rich Stotter (born 1945), American football player
- Dick Schweidler (1914–2010), American football player
- Richard Swann (born 1991), American professional wrestler
- Dick Tayler (born 1948), New Zealand long-distance runner
- Richard Thompson (sprinter) (born 1985), Trinidadian sprinter
- Richard Todd (American football) (born 1953), American football player in the NFL
- Richard Washington (born 1955), American basketball player
- Richard Williams (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player
- Richard Witschge (born 1969), Dutch footballer who played as midfielder
Writers and journalists
- Richard Adams (1920-2016), English author, best known for the novel Watership Down
- Richard Armstrong (author) (1903-1986), English author, recipient of the 1948 Carnegie medal for children's literature
- Richard Herrmann (journalist) (1919-2010), Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality
- Richard Scarry (1919-1994), American children's author and illustrator
- Richard de Zoysa (1958-1990), Sri Lankan journalist, author, human rights activist and actor who was abducted and murdered
Fictional characters
- Dick Grayson, the first Robin, Batman's side-kick
- Richard Hillman, serial killer in the UK soap opera Coronation Street
- Richie Rich (comics), main character of the Richie Rich series
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty), Main character on Rick and Morty
Other
- Dick Assman (born 1934-2016), Canadian gas station owner
- Richard Bergh (1858-1919), Swedish painter
- Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894-1972), Austrian-Japanese count, founding president of the Paneuropean Union
- Richard Everitt (1979-1994), victim of a racially motivated murder in London
- Richard Garriott (born 1961), British-American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut
- Richard von Hegener (1905–1981), German official, primary organizer of Action T4 Nazi euthanasia program
- Richard Helms (naturalist) (1842-1914), Australian naturalist
- Richard Ling (born 1954), Shaw Foundation professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Richard Lugner (born 1932), Austrian entrepreneur and Viennese society figure
- Richard Matt (1966–2015), American convicted murderer and prison escapee
- Richard Maury (1882–1950), American naturalized Argentine engineer
- Richard Samuel (1770-1786), English portrait painter
- Richard Sorge (1895–1944), Soviet World War II spy
- Dick Turpin (1705-1739), English Highwayman
- Richard von Volkmann (1830-1889), German surgeon and author of poetry and fiction
Cognates/transliterations
In Indo-European languages
Baltic
- Latvian: Ričards, Rihards
- Lithuanian: Ričardas
Celtic
- Breton: Richarzh
- Cornish: Richard
- Irish: Risteárd, Riocard
- Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseart
- Welsh: Rhisiart
Germanic
Romance
Slavic
Other
In Semitic languages
In Turkic languages
- Azerbaijani: Riçard
- Turkish: Rişar
In Uralic languages
In Other languages
Short forms
- Cornish: Hicca
- Czech: Ríša
- Dutch: Ries
- English: Rick, Rich, Richi, Dick, Dickie, Rik, Ric
- Estonian: Riho
- Esperanto: Rikĉjo
- Finnish: Riku
- Hungarian: Ricsi, Ricsike, Rics
- Icelandic: Rikki
- Latvian: Rič
- Lithuanian: Ryčka, Rytis
- Polish: Rysio, Rysiek, Ryś
- Portuguese: Rico, Ric
- Slovak: Rišo, Riško, Riči
- Spanish: Cayo (Guatemala)
- Greek: Στούκος (Stoúkos)
Pet forms
References
- 1 2 3 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ "Richard". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth. p. 772. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Hick". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
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