Editing Richard (section)

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{{about|the given name}}
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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Richard
| image         = Richard I of England.png
| caption       = 17th-century portrait of [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]], a 12th-century King of England
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|r|ɪ|tʃ|ər|d}}<br>{{IPA|fr|ʁiʃaʁ|lang}}<br>{{IPA|de|ˈʁɪçaʁt|lang}}<br>{{IPA|cs|ˈrɪxart|lang}}
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = 'strong in rule'
| origin        = [[Frankish language|Frankish]]
| nickname      = Richy, Rich, Rick, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Dicken, Reeks, Riccardo, Richie, Ritchie, Ricardo, Rico, Ricky, Rickie, Ritchy, Rickey, Rickard
| related names =
| footnotes     =
}}

'''Richard''' is a male given name. It originates, via [[Old French]], from [[Frankish language|Old Frankish]] and is a [[Compound (linguistics)|compound]] of the words descending from [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'.<ref name="1stnames2006-Richard">{{cite book|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|author-link1=Patrick Hanks|last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate|last3=Hodges|first3=Flavia|title=A Dictionary of First Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT336|access-date=23 February 2017|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-861060-1|page=381}}</ref><ref name="etymonline">{{cite web|title=Richard|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Richard|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=23 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> Nicknames include "[[Richie]]", "[[Dick (nickname)|Dick]]", "[[Dickon]]", "[[Dickie (name)|Dickie]]",<ref name="1stnames2006-Dick">{{cite book|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|author-link1=Patrick Hanks|last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate|last3=Hodges|first3=Flavia|title=A Dictionary of First Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT154|access-date=23 February 2017|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-861060-1|page=154}}</ref> "[[Rich (given name)|Rich]]", "[[Rick (given name)|Rick]]", "[[Rico (name)|Rico]]", "[[Ricky (given name)|Ricky]]",<ref name="1stnames2006-Richard"/> and more.

Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the [[Normans]]),<ref name="1stnames2006-Richard" /> German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below).