Ricarda
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: a female given name, masculine equivalent Ricardo
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/rikaɾda/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ricarda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
- VEVenezuela1 in 12K
- PEPeru≈1 in 30K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 131 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, masculine equivalent Ricardo
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Ricarda is read(measured from records)
Ricarda is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish59%
a female given name, masculine equivalent Ricardo
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German18%
weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ricarda Huch, deutsche
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- English10%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ricarda in English.
- Portuguese5.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ricarda in Portuguese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ricarda 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Ricarda | 14 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 2,386 | 1 in 12K | 2.4K | Ricarda | 15 |
| US United States | — | 1,787 | 1 in 186K | 1.8K | Ricarda | 131 |
| AR Argentina | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 30 | Ricarda | 28 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Ricarda | 21 |
| HN Honduras | #734 | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Ricarda | 8 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 706 | — | — |
| NI Nicaragua | #457 | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Ricarda | 6 |
| PY Paraguay | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Ricarda | 8 |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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)
Ricarda is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Féminin de Richard; germanique ric- + hard- « puissant, fort ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Forme féminine de Richard.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
La que es muy poderosa
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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)
- Richenza of Northeimb. 1087DEnot in their usual nameHoly Roman Emperess
- Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Swedenb. 1347DEnot in their usual nameQueen of Sweden
- Ricarda Huchb. 1864DEGerman writer (1864–1947)
- Ricarda Liskb. 1981DEGerman triathlete
- Ricarda Winkelmannb. 1985DEGerman climatologist
- Ricarda Magduschewskib. 1989DEGerman actor and singer
- Ricarda Multererb. 1990DEGerman fencer
- Ricarda Funkb. 1992DEGerman kayaker
- Ricarda Langb. 1994DEGerman politician (born 1994)
- Ricarda Walklingb. 1997DEGerman association football player
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 48 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 2.4K | #656 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #8,176 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 706 | #1,301 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 35 | #8,176 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 5 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 1997 | 3 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 1997 | 3 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 2 | #1,764 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2012 | 2 | #4,620 |
Reference works 2
- 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
- What does the name Ricarda mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, masculine equivalent Ricardo Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Ricarda?
- A machine transcription gives /rikaɾda/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Ricarda a male or female name?
- Ricarda is a female 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 Ricarda?
- In the etymology graph, Rikki, Riccarda and Richardine are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ricarda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Ricarda in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ricarda.
- How common is the name Ricarda?
- In Venezuela, the national register counted 2,386 people named Ricarda, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Ricarda compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Ricarda is the 457th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ricarda?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ricardaThe 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, “Ricarda” — the 457th most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.