Given name & surname · also French
Richmond
“from the wealthy hill”·“a powerful protector”
Richmond is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the wealthy hill” and “a powerful protector”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the wealthy hill” and “a powerful protector”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with French and German naming traditions.
How it developed
From Middle English Rychemund, built from English rich + mound.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Richmond through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,305
- 4,305 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,563 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,563 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 73 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,664 as a first name in 2020; 35,493 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.
Richmond’s family of names
Richmond has a related form in Richmonde. Richmond has a related form in Richmund. Richmond has a related form in Richmunde.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Richmond
- Richmond BoakyeGhanaian footballerborn 1993
- Richmond Landonathletics competitor (1898-1971)
- Richmond K. TurnerAdmiral in the United States Navy (1885-1961)
- Richmond ArquetteAmerican actorborn 1963
- Richmond ForsonTogolese footballerborn 1980
- Dick Evediver (1901–1970)
- Richmond PearsonAmerican politician (1852–1923)
- Richmond MutumbamiZimbabwean cricketerborn 1989
- Richmond P. HobsonAmerican military officer and politician (1870–1937)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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