Rikard

Faroese

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) +‎ *harduz (“hard, brave”).

Proper noun

Rikard m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Richard

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Rikard: Rikardsson
• daughter of Rikard: Rikardsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Rikard
accusative	Rikard
dative	Rikardi
genitive	Rikards

Norwegian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) +‎ *harduz (“hard, brave”).

Proper noun

Rikard

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Richard (the traditional Norwegian cognate)

   Rikard Løvehjerte ― Richard the Lionheart

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Rickard, Richard

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) +‎ *harduz (“hard, brave”). First recorded in Sweden in the 1160s.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rikard c (genitive Rikards)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Richard

   Rikard Lejonhjärta

   Richard the Lionheart

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 10 124 males with the given name Rikard (compared to 22 341 named Rickard and 17 105 named Richard) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• kirrad