Richard
Usually a boy's name
- Meaning
- Germanic 'ruler' + 'hard, strong' Well attested
- Origin
- Germanic, via French
- Popularity
US 2025: #234 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #431
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.
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Names with a similar meaning
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Related in meaning in Chinese
- 刚 gāng strong Traditional form: 剛 Share this pair: 刚
- 强 qiáng strong Traditional form: 強 Share this pair: 强
- 壮 zhuàng robust Traditional form: 壯 Share this pair: 壮
Source: Unicode Unihan