Riçhard

given name · Latin script

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

Riçhard is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Cape Verde it is the 5th 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
  • USUnited States1 in 211(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 3.1K
  • CZCzechia1 in 261

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,575,998 people, 2020

#868 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

Sources
470 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 211 (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Richard in US United States, BR Brazil, CV Cape Verde and Rïchärd in EC Ecuador.

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 Riçhard: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Riçhard
  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)

Riçhard 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 Riçhard is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#5321,575,9981 in 2111.6MRichard470
BR Brazil#39967,6141 in 3.1K68KRichard207
CZ Czechia—40,9341 in 26141K——
HU Hungary—32,5331 in 30033K——
EC Ecuador—25,2071 in 67125KRïchärd65
SE Sweden—17,8251 in 57218K—37
GY Guyana—1,7341 in 4331.7K——
CV Cape Verde#5———Richard11

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; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); MVČR — living population register 2017; Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); INEC — civil registry names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Riçhard is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Richard, Richárd, Rïchärd, Ricard, Richàrd

  • Turkmen given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Turkmenistan

    Also written Richard

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

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 Riçhard 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 Riçhard 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 Riçhard a male or female name?
Riçhard 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 Riçhard have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.6 million people named Riçhard, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled richard.
Where is Riçhard most common?
Riçhard is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 211 people carrying it.
How common is the name Riçhard?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,575,998 people named Riçhard in 2020, about 1 in 211 residents.
How common is Riçhard compared with other names?
In the United States, Riçhard is the 532nd 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, “Riçhard” — the 532nd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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