Given name

Rikardo

Rikardo is a given name from Italian. It is used in Esperanto.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Rikardo comes from Italian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Italian Riccardo.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Rikardo through the years

Babies since 1880
17
17 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2011
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20110.0
Rikardo in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2010–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Rikardo’s family of names

In Esperanto usage, Rikardo has a conventional equivalent in the French form Richard. In Esperanto usage, Rikardo has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Ricardo.

Walk Rikardo’s family in the name graph

RikardoRichardRicardoRiccardoRichárd

The ring: 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

Rikardo has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.

Italian

2 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.

Across languages 4

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

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