(the ‘germanic’ first or given name richard derives from ‘german’, ‘french’, and ‘english’ “ric” (‘ruler’ / ‘leader’ / ‘king’) and “hard” (‘strong’ / ‘brave’), and it therefore means “powerful leader”)
(nicknames include “dick”, “dickie”, “rich”, “richie”, “rick”, “ricky”, “rickey”, and others)
(“richard” is a common name in many ‘germanic languages’, including ‘english’, ‘german’, ‘norwegian’, ‘danish’, ‘swedish, ‘icelandic’, and ‘dutch’)
(it can also be used as a ‘french’, ‘hungarian’, ‘finnish’, and ‘estonian’ name)
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“ALTERNATE SPELLINGS” –>
(*start with ‘most common spelling”)
(is there an ‘international body’ monitoring ‘first names’)
(i’d rather start with ‘my preferred spelling’ and go from there)
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‘IPA’ –>
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“DEFINITION”
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“ETYMOLOGY”
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“THE GOLD STANDARD(S)”*
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*RELATIVES*
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*FICTIONAL RICHARDS*
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*”SONGS FOR ‘RICHARD’*
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*NICKNAMES*
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*RESEARCH JOURNALS*
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☜*<‘MALE FIRST NAMES’ BEGINNING IN ‘R’>☞ 
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