Riccardo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/rikkardo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Riccardo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country, where it is the 41st most common given name.
- ITItaly≈1 in 339(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 3.6K
- FRFrance≈1 in 41K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 263 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 339 (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Riccardo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #41 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 339 | 3.5K | Riccardo | 255 |
| CH Switzerland | #602 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | 21 | Riccardo | 89 |
| US United States | — | 1,933 | 1 in 172K | 1.9K | Riccardo | 263 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 90 | Riccardo | 220 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Riccardo | 39 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 17K | 10 | Riccardo | 47 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 18K | 301 | — | 1 |
| MD Moldova | — | 277 | 1 in 12K | 277 | — | 2 |
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: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); e-services.md — living population register. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Riccardo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, Germanico, da *rīc 'potente' + *hari 'esercito, forte'; forma attestata in Italia anche come Rieciardo e Rizzardo.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Germanico rich + hard: “potente, forte”; nome diffuso anche per etimologia popolare da ricco.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In German, in den i96oer-Jahren entlehnter männl. Vom., italienische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Italian, dal germ. Ric-hard, ‘forte nel comando’
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, forma italiana de Riccardus
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Richard of York, 3rd Duke of Yorkb. 1411GBnot in their usual nameDuke of York (1411-1461)
- Riccardo Giacconib. 1931USItalian-American astrophysicist (1931-2018)
- Riccardo Mutib. 1940ITItalian conductor
- Riccardo Coccianteb. 1946ITItalian singer
- Riccardo Chaillyb. 1953ITItalian conductor (born 1953)
- Ricky Tognazzib. 1955ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor and film director (born 1955)
- Riccardo Scamarciob. 1979ITItalian actor
- Riccardo Montolivob. 1985ITItalian association football player
- Riccardo Orsolinib. 1997ITItalian association football player
- Blancob. 2003ITnot in their usual nameItalian singer-songwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 81 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 3.5K | #9 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.9K | #7,755 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 301 | #819 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 277 | #588 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2023 | 90 | #2,963 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 16 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 4 | #957 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2 | #7,755 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Riccardo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 184 thousand people named Riccardo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled riccardo.
- How common is the name Riccardo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,933 people named Riccardo in 2020, about 1 in 172 thousand residents.
- How common is Riccardo compared with other names?
- In Italy, Riccardo is the 41st most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Riccardo mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, equivalent to English Richard Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Riccardo?
- A machine transcription gives /rikkardo/ (IPA) for Italian.
- Is Riccardo a male or female name?
- Riccardo 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.
- What are other forms of the name Riccardo?
- In the etymology graph, Richard, Ricardo and Rick are forms of the same name in other languages.
What do you want to know about Riccardo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/riccardoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Riccardo” — the 41st most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.