Given name & surname
Ricard
“a powerful ruler”
Ricard is a variant of Richard. One English interpretation is “a powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ricard is a variant of Richard. One English interpretation is “a powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ricard is a variant of Richard. An origin associated with Richard is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ricard is a variant of Richard. The history of Richard gives this family its wider story. The Normans brought Richard to England, where it was borne by three kings. Richard I’s nickname Lionheart and his later appearance in Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe helped give the name a lasting place in popular historical storytelling.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ricard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 419
- 419 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 723 as a first name in 2020; 2,876 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ricard’s family of names
Ricard has a related form in Richard. In Occitan usage, Ricard has a conventional equivalent in the French form Richard. In Catalan usage, Ricard has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Ricardo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ricard has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- RicardoPortuguese
- Rickequivalent
- Riccardoequivalent
- RyszardPolish
- Ricardusequivalent
- Richardasequivalent
- Richarzhequivalent
- Richardtequivalent
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People named Ricard
- Ricky RubioSpanish basketball player (born 1990)
- Riqui PuigSpanish association football player (born 1999)
- Ricard CardúsSpanish motorcycle racerborn 1988
- Ricard SánchezSpanish footballerborn 2000
- Ricard Lamote de GrignonCatalan Spanish composer and conductor (1899-1962)
- Ricard Fernándezassociation football playerborn 1999
- Ricard Opissocartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and painter from Spain (1880-1966)
- Ricard ArteroSpanish footballerborn 2003
- Ricard Pérez CasadoSpanish politician1945–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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