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Richard

in Washington DC

There are 2,357 people with the first name "Richard" in Washington DC.

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  1. is 6th most common William
  2. is 7th most common Mary
  3. is 8th most common Charles
  4. is 9th most common Thomas
  5. is 10th most common Richard
  6. is 11th most common Joseph
  7. is 12th most common Elizabeth
  8. is 13th most common Barbara
  9. is 14th most common Patricia

Similar Names and Nicknames

Rich, Dick, Richerd, Richie, Richy, Richee, Rick

Most Common Last Names for Richard

Jones, Johnson, Brown, Smith, Allen, Myers, Parker, Thompson, Cunningham, Lee

Meaning & History

(male) One of the most enduringly successful of the Old French personal names introduced into Britain by the Normans. It is of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from rīc ‘power’ + hard ‘strong, hardy’. It has enjoyed continuous popularity in England from the Conquest to the present day, influenced by the fact that it was borne by three kings of England, in particular Richard I (1157–99). He was king for only ten years (1189–99), most of which he spent in warfare abroad, taking part in the Third Crusade and costing the people of England considerable sums in taxes. Nevertheless, he achieved the status of a folk hero, and was never in England long enough to disappoint popular faith in his goodness and justice. He was also Duke of Aquitaine and Normandy and Count of Anjou, fiefs which he held at a time of maximum English expansion in France. His exploits as a leader of the Third Crusade earned him the nickname ‘Coeur de Lion’ or ‘Lionheart’ and a permanent place in popular imagination, in which he was even more firmly enshrined by Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe (1820).

Short forms: Rick, Dick, Rich.

Pet forms: Ricky, Rickie; Dicky, Dickie; Richie.

Cognates: Irish: Ristéard. Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseart. Welsh: Rhisiart. German: Richard. Dutch: Richard, Rikhart. Scandinavian: Rik(h)ard. French: Richard. Spanish, Portuguese: Ricardo. Italian: Riccardo. Polish: Ryszard. Czech: Richard. Slovenian: Rihard. Finnish: Rik(h)ard. Hungarian: Rikárd. Latvian: Rihards.

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