Definitions for Richard
ˈrɪtʃ ərdrichard

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1. Richardnoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.

2. Richardnoun

   A patronymic surname.

   Martin Richard, the youngest of three people killed by explosions at the Boston Marathon in 2013

3. Etymology: 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"). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard ("Richard"). A hypothetical Old English equivalent *Rī‌ċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed.

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1. Richard

   Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic *rīk- 'ruler, leader, king' and *hardu- 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below).

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1. Richard

   Richard is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that means "ruler" or "brave power." It has been used widely in English-speaking countries and various other cultures. Richard can also be a surname.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RICHARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Richard is ranked #629 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Richard surname appeared 53,893 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 18 would have the surname Richard.
   
   70.3% or 37,914 total occurrences were White.
   23.4% or 12,643 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 1,482 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 1,062 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 485 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 307 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Richard' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1038

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Richard' in Written Corpus Frequency: #990

How to pronounce Richard?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Richard in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Richard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Richard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Richard in a Sentence

1. Gerald R. Ford:

   An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. (On Watergate, announcing pardon of former President Richard M Nixon)

2. President Dr. Brendan Kelly:

   The University of West Georgia has learned of the loss of one of its students, Anna Jones, who passed away following an off-campus incident earlier today, uWG has terminated the employment of Richard Sigman and continues to work with the city of Carrollton Police Department, which leads this ongoing investigation. On behalf of The University of West Georgia, we wish to convey our deepest condolences to Anna's family and many friends.

3. Stephen Binhak:

   We learned from President Richard Nixon that the Saturday Night Massacre with the firing of Archibald Cox -- that is, an interference with the investigation into President Richard Nixon -- was enough to spur an impeachment inquiry on the White House side, and I think the same evidence exists here.

4. Wash Westmoreland:

   Many of the neurological appointments that Still Alice had in the book echoed appointments that Richard Glatzer had had when they were testing to see if Richard Glatzer'd had a stroke — like what's today's date, where are we, all that stuff. It was eerily similar, rich is an incredibly strong person, and never let Lou Gehrig Disease get him down. He always wanted to keep life as normal as possible.

5. Alex MorseHouse:

   I just want to start off by congratulating congressman Richard Neal on winning his reelection tonight, but I also want to make it very clear how incredibly proud I am of what we fought for over the last 14 months.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Richard
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html