Baby names info for RICHARD:

• Gender: boy
• Syllables: 2
• Characters: 7
• Pronunciation: RICH-erd, ree-SHARD

Origin and Meaning:

• English : powerful, rich ruler
  
• French : powerful, strong ruler
  
• German : powerful, strong ruler
  
• Hebrew (Biblical): great strength
  

Baby Names Popularity:

• RICHARD is the 124^th most popular boy's name in the United States.

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Surnames:

• RICHARD is a common last name.
  It's the 581^st most common surname in the United States (according to the 2000 U.S. Census).

RICHARD appears in the following lists of names:

• Presidents of the United States
• Signers of the Declaration of Independence
• Pulitzer Prize-winning authors (fiction)
• Members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• National Spelling Bee winners
• Wimbledon Men's Tennis Champions
• Famous Classical Music composers
• Pro Football Hall-of-Famers
• Hockey Hall of Famers
• Basketball Hall of Famers
• United States Attorney Generals
• Survivor Contestants
• Time Magazine's 100 most influential people
• National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinees
• Major League Baseball players who homered in first at-bat
• Vice Presidents of the United States
• United States Secretaries of State
• NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees
• Harrison Ford roles
• NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers
• Tom Hanks roles
• Prime Ministers of Canada
• Brad Pitt roles
• Presidents of Germany
• International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
• World Golf Hall of Fame members