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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 Records

  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

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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. Joe Rogan:

    I used to say it if [ I was talking about ] a Richard Pryor bit or something, I would say it in context, somebody made a compilation of every time I said that word over 14 years and they put it on YouTube, and it turned out that was racist as f ---. Even to me ! I ’m me and I ’m watching it saying, ‘ Stop saying it ! ’ I put my cursor over the video and I ’m like, ‘ Four more minutes ?! ’.

  2. Chris Tyler-Smith:

    We know that Richard the Lionheart went to fight in the Crusades, but we dont know much about the ordinary soldiers who lived and died there, and these ancient samples give us insights into that.

  3. Carl Bernstein:

    Richard Nixon tried to make the conduct of the press more the issue in Watergate instead of the conduct of Richard Nixon and Richard Nixon men, we tried to avoid the noise and let the reporting speak.

  4. Philippe Reines:

    You must describe her tone as muscular, and you must note that her most prominent underlings at the State Department (George Mitchell, Richard Holbrooke) would be seated in front of her to convey her command of the staff.

  5. Michael Ibsen:

    When you're working away you just focus on joining two bits of wood, but at the end of the day when you stand back and think' I'm building Richard III's coffin,' it's incredible.

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