Given name
Ritchard
“a powerful ruler”
Ritchard is a variant of Richard. One English interpretation is “a powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ritchard is a variant of Richard. One English interpretation is “a powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ritchard is a variant of 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 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ritchard is a variant of 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
Ritchard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 82 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 10 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 6 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1967. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ritchard’s family of names
Ritchard has a related form in Richard.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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