Given name · also Swedish
Rikhard
“hard/brave ruler”
Rikhard is a masculine given name from Swedish, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rikhard goes back to Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, meaning “hard/brave ruler.”
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Where it comes from
Rikhard comes from Swedish, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Swedish Rikhard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz (“hard/brave ruler”).
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Rikhard’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Rikhard has a diminutive in RIKU. In Finnish usage, Rikhard has a conventional equivalent in the French form Richard. In Finnish usage, Rikhard has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Ricardo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rikhard has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rikhard
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