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Richard

Syllables: Rich·ard/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd//ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.ɚd/

Richard proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Richard (plural Richards)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • But we have known Williams and Richards, names not found in sacred story, but familiar to our country, prove as gracious saints as any Safe deliverance, Fight the good fight of faith, or such like,1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    • Martin Richard was the youngest of three people killed by explosions at the Boston Marathon in 2013.

Noun

Richard (plural Richards)

  1. (Cockney, mildly, slang, vulgar) A turd.

Richard meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Richard in Hindi

male given name
रिचर्ड ricarḍ

Richard in Marathi

male given name
रिचर्ड ricarḍa

Richard in Urdu

male given name
رچرڈ ricarḍ

Richard in Bengali

male given name
রিচার্ড richārd
More languagesFewer languages
Richard in Gujarati
રિચાર્ડ ricārḍ
Richard in Arabic
رِيتْشَارْد ritšard
Richard in Persian
ریچارد ričârd
Richard in Vietnamese
Richớt

Examples of Richard in a sentence

  • First I'd change my name from Dickie to Richard.1985, William Wharton, Pride, →ISBN, page 97:
  • Two months later, on March 24, 1988, Jeffrey met Richard Guerrero in the doorway of the Phoenix Bar (Davis, 1995; Masters, 1993).2009 September, Eldon Chéze, JEFFREY LIONEL DAHMER: A PSYCHOBIOGRAPHICAL STUDY, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025, page 121:
  • Richard Isaacson, a preventive neurologist at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases of Florida.2023 May 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Can a daily multivitamin slow cognitive aging? Maybe”, in CNN:

Forms of Richard

Proper noun
pluralRichards
Noun
pluralRichards

Origin of Richard

From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard (“Richard”). Partially related to rich. A hypothetical Old English equivalent *Rīċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed.

Clipping of Richard III.

Words formed from Richard

Phrases with Richard

Questions about Richard

What does Richard mean?
Richard means a male given name from the Germanic languages.
What is Richard in Hindi?
Richard in Hindi is रिचर्ड (ricarḍ). See Richard meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Richard in a sentence?
First I'd change my name from Dickie to Richard.
What part of speech is Richard?
Richard can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Richard?
Richard is pronounced /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/ (UK).

Words near Richard in the dictionary

  1. rich tea-biscuit
  2. rich tea-biscuits
  3. rich text
  4. rich-kid
  5. Richanda
  6. Richard
  7. Richard of York gave battle in vain
  8. Richard Roe
  9. Richard Roes
  10. Richard Snaries
  11. Richard Snary

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