Rikard

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

Rikard m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Richard

Patronymics

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

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

Rikard

1. A male given name, the traditional Norwegian cognate of English Richard.

   Rikard Løvehjerte ― Richard the Lionheart

• Rickard, Richard

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

Rikard c (genitive Rikards)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Richard

   Rikard Lejonhjärta

   Richard the Lionheart

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• 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.