Rîchard

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rîchard is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 9th most common given name. Recorded meaning: 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 *.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 105(inferred from the name graph)
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 108
  • IEIreland≈1 in 120

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rîchard itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,575,998 people, 2020

#25 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
702 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 105 (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RîchardLatin(measured from records)
РичардCyrillic(measured from records)
ריצ'רדHebrew(measured from records)
রিচার্ডBengali(measured from records)
რიჩარდGeorgian(measured from records)
리처드Hangul(measured from records)
ΡικάρντοGreek(measured from records)
ରଚାରଡOdia(measured from records)

6 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Richard in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 3 more and Ricardo in BR Brazil, PT Portugal.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Rîchard: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rîchard
  1. EnglishRichard(measured from records)
  2. Middle EnglishRycharde(measured from records)
  3. Old FrenchRichard(measured from records)
  4. Medieval Latin Richardusand(measured from records)
  5. Frankish*Rīkahard(measured from records)
  6. Proto-Germanic*Rīkaharduz(measured from records)

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”).

Sources 12

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • A dictionary of surnames
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rîchard counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rîchard is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#91,575,9981 in 2111.6MRichard702
GB United Kingdom#9≈630,000 est.≈1 in 1053.8KRichard469
BR Brazil#29429,575as Ricardo1 in 493470KRicardo287
PH Philippines#7≈380,000 est.≈1 in 290—Richard195
CA Canada#9≈270,000 est.≈1 in 13917Richard355
PT Portugal#13≈110,000 est.≈1 in 92listedRicardo258
NZ New Zealand#8≈45,000 est.≈1 in 108—Richard227
IE Ireland#7≈43,000 est.≈1 in 120—Richard183

1,575,998 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rîchard is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name68 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian

    Also written Richard, Richar'D, Ríchard, Rïchärd, Richärd

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rîchard under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rîchard mean, and where does it come from?
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 *… Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 10 other sources.
Is Rîchard a male or female name?
Rîchard is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Rîchard have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.6 million people named Rîchard, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled richard.
How common is the name Rîchard?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,575,998 people named Rîchard in 2020, about 1 in 211 residents.
How common is Rîchard compared with other names?
In the United States, Rîchard is the 9th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rîchard” — the 9th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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