“richard”*the male first name*

(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)

“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)

‘IPA’ –>

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“DEFINITION”

“ETYMOLOGY”

*✨🏆✨“THE GOLD STANDARD(S)”✨🏆✨*

*RELATIVES*

*ALLIED POWERS*

*THE DAMNED*

*FAMOUS RICHARDS*

*FICTIONAL RICHARDS*

*”SONGS FOR ‘RICHARD’*

*NICKNAMES*