Risteard
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Risteard is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ireland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Frankish *Rīcohard (literally “powerful leader”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkô (“ruler, chief, leader”) + *harduz (“hard”).
- IEIreland≈1 in 261K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 8M
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 9.9M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ireland (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 23 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 261K (inferred from the name graph)
≈20 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle EnglishRycharde(measured from records)
- Old FrenchRichard(measured from records)
- Frankish*Rīcohard“powerful leader”(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*rīkô“ruler“ruler, chief, leader”(measured from records)
Borrowed from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Frankish *Rīcohard (literally “powerful leader”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkô (“ruler, chief, leader”) + *harduz (“hard”).
Sources 1
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Risteard 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 261K | — | Risteard | 22 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 9.9M | listed | Risteard | 23 |
| AU Australia | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 8M | — | Risteard | 12 |
| US United States | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 137M | — | Risteard | 13 |
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.
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)
Risteard is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Richard
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Risteard mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Frankish *Rīcohard (literally “powerful leader”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkô (“ruler, chief, leader”) + *harduz (“hard”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Risteard a male or female name?
- Risteard 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 Risteard have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 people named Risteard in Ireland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled risteard.
- How common is the name Risteard?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 people in Ireland have Risteard as their first given name, about 1 in 261 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/risteardThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Risteard”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.