Richard 1189376 225301623 2008-07-12T23:49:23Z Stevouk 400707 {{Unreferenced|date=March 2008}}<!--- tagged since March 2008---> {{for|the [[street football]] game|Richard (football)}} {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Richards | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Male | region = | origin = Common Germanic | nickname = Rich, Rick, Dick, Ricardo | related names = | footnotes = }} The first or given name '''Richard''' comes from the Germanic elements 'ric' (ruler, leader, king) and 'hard' (strong, brave). '''Cognates.''' ''French:'' Richard. ''[[Irish language|Irish]]:'' Ristéard. ''Italian:'' [[Riccardo]]. ''Low German:'' Ri(c)kert. ''Polish:'' Ryszard. ''Portuguese:'' Ricardo. ''Scandinavian:'' Rikard, Rickard, Ríkarður. ''[[Scottish Gaelic]]:'' Ruiseart. ''[[Catalan language|Catalan]]'': Ricard. ''Spanish:'' [[Ricardo]]. ''[[Welsh language|Welsh]]:'' Rhisiart. ''Hungarian:'' Richárd. '''Short forms.''' ''English:'' Rik, [[Rick]], [[Rich]], Chard, [[Chad (disambiguation)|Chad]], Hecka, Ringo. ''Slovak:'' Rišo, Riško. ''Polish:'' Rysio. ''Czech:'' Ríša. ''Spanish:'' Cayo (Guatemala). ''Finnish:'' Riku. '''Pet forms.''' ''English:'' Rich, [[Ricky]], Ricky Boy, Rickster, Rickie, [[Richie]], [[Dick]], Dickon '''Last Names.''' Richard(s), Ritchard, Richardson, Riccard(s), Ricquart, [[Rijkaard]], Rickaert, Ryckewaert [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:French surnames]] [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:Czech given names]] [[Category:English given names]] [[Category:French masculine given names]] [[Category:German given names]] [[br:Richarzh]] [[cs:Richard]] [[de:Richard]] [[es:Ricardo]] [[eo:Rikardo]] [[is:Ríkharður]] [[it:Riccardo]] [[la:Ricardus]] [[hu:Richárd]] [[nl:Richard (voornaam)]] [[no:Richard]] [[pl:Ryszard]] [[pt:Ricardo (prenome)]] [[ru:Ричард]] [[sk:Richard]] [[sv:Rikard]]