Given name · also Latin

Rikardas

Rikardas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Lithuanian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Rikardas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Lithuanian usage, Rikardas developed from Rihhart.

Rikardas’s family of names

In Lithuanian usage, Rikardas shares a linguistic root with the German form Richard. In Lithuanian usage, Rikardas has a related form in Ričardas. In Lithuanian usage, Rikardas developed from the Old High German form Rihhart.

Walk Rikardas’s family in the name graph

RikardasRičardasRichardRikardaRihhart

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Rikardas has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

Proto-Germanic

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Germanic

Rikhard

“hard/brave ruler”

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Germanic

Renartus

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Germanic

Romarís

“fame”

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Sibling ideas

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