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Richard

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Usage

Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Low German name

Combination of RIK and HARD [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Kaarti ♂
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Rekard ♂
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Rekål ♂
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Ricard ♂
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Ricardo ♂
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Ricardt ♂
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Richard ♂
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Richardo ♂
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Richardt ♂
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Richarður ♂
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Richart ♂
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Richert ♂
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Rickard ♂
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Rickert ♂
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Rickhard ♂
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Rickhart ♂
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 Finish Swedish
Ricohard ♂
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Rikaarti ♂
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Rikaartti ♂
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Rikard ♂
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Ríkarð ♂
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Rikarðr ♂
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Rikardt ♂
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Ríkarður ♂
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Rikart ♂
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Rikartti ♂
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Rikhaartti ♂
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Rikhard ♂
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Rikharð ♂
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Ríkharð ♂
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Ríkharður ♂
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Rikhart ♂
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Rikhartti ♂
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Rikkaarti ♂
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Rikkaartti ♂
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Rikkar ♂
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Rikkard ♂
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See also Dick (English), Riccardo (Italian), Ríkarte (Greenlandic), Ryszard (Polish)
For female forms see Richarda

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Richardinpoika Finland
Richardsen Denmark Norway
Richardson Norway Sweden
Richardsson Iceland Norway Sweden
Richardssøn Norway
Richardsøn Norway

Female

Richardintytär Finland
Richardsdatter Denmark Norway
Richardsdotter Norway Sweden
Richardsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Richard
Genitive: Richards
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Richard
Genitive: Richardin
Partitive: Richardia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Richard
Accusative: Richard
Dative: Richard
Genitive: Richards
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Richard
Genitive: Richards
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Richard
Genitive: Richards

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

7 February

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage


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Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[8]
9089 17725 3 14 9086 17711
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 5715 0 0
n.a.
 5715
Denmark Denmark[10]
1678
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 1678
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[11]
81 113
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
12 50
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[13]
3147
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 3147
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Richard (m) Sources: [8][10][13][9]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Richard (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Richard (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Richard (m)


References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  6. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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