Given name & surname
Rickard
“a powerful ruler”
In English use, Rickard has a related form in Richard. One English interpretation is “a powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Rickard has a related form in Richard. One English interpretation is “a powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Rickard has a related form in 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Rickard has a related form in 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
Rickard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 625
- 625 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 30 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 8 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 462 as a first name in 2020; 8,650 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.
Rickard’s family of names
In English usage, Rickard has a related form in Richard. In Swedish usage, Rickard has a conventional equivalent in the German form Richard. In Swedish usage, Rickard has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Ricardo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rickard has relatives in 5 languages.
3 related names in 5 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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rickard
- Rickard SandlerPrime Minister of Sweden (1884-1964)
- Rick Falkvingeformer head of the Swedish Pirate Partyborn 1972
- Rickard RakellSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1993
- Rickard Sarbyboat designer (1912–1977)
- Rickard RydellSwedish racing driverborn 1967
- Rickard WallinSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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