Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

. It derived from

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branc ...

''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

People

Given name

Ricardo de Araújo Pereira Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name * Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portug ...

, Portuguese comedian *

Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...

, Guatemalan singer * Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Ricardo Ávila Ricardo Guardia Ávila (born 4 February 1997) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veraguas C.D., and the Panama national team. Club career Born in Panama City, Ávila started his career at Chorrillo in 2014, making 39 app ...

, Panamanian footballer *

Ricardo Bralo Ricardo Armando Bralo Gil (born 28 August 1916) is an Argentine retired long-distance track event, long-distance Running, runner from Buenos Aires, who won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games. He rep ...

, Argentine long-distance runner *

Ricardo Bueno Fernández Ricardo Bueno Fernández (24 April 1940 – 7 January 2015) was a Spanish politician and historian. He was member of the Senate of Spain for the Union of the Democratic Centre between 1977 and 1979. As member of the People's Party he served two ...

, Spanish politician *

Ricardo Busquets Ricardo J. ("Ricky") Busquets Healy (born October 3, 1974 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, ...

, Puerto Rican swimmer *

Ricardo Cardeno Ricardo José Cardeño Restrepo (born January 8, 1971 in Medellín) is a triathlete from Colombia who won the 2005 Pan American Triathlon Championships, and who has represented his native country three times at the Pan American Games The Pa ...

, Colombian triathlete *

Ricardo Carvalho Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho (; born 18 May 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Carvalho began his career at Porto, where he had loan spells at Leça, Vitória de Setúbal and Alverca, ...

, Portuguese footballer *

Ricardo Cortez Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Kranze or Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career. Early years Ricardo Cortez was born Jacob K ...

, American actor * Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor *

Ricardo (footballer, born 1980) Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva (born 19 August 1980), known simply as Ricardo, is a Cape Verdean former professional footballer who played as a centre back and right back. Club career Ricardo was born in Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal, a ...

, full name Ricardo da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer *

Ricardo Faty Ricardo William Faty (born 4 August 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in France, he represents the Senegal national team. Career Faty was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France. His football career began wit ...

, Senegalese footballer *

Ricardo Fischer Ricardo Fischer (born May 16, 1991) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who currently plays for Flamengo in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). Fischer has also represented the senior Brazilian national basketball team. Professional career ...

, Brazilian basketball player *

Ricardo Fortaleza Ricardo Mendoza Fortaleza (born April 18, 1951 in Malate, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino people, Filipino-Australians, Australian retired Olympic Games, Olympic amateur boxing, boxer/amateur boxing Coach (sport), coach and boxing instructor. ...

, Filipino-Australian boxer *

Ricardo Fuller Ricardo Dwayne Fuller (born 31 October 1979) is a retired Jamaican professional footballer who played as a forward. Fuller started his football career with Jamaican side Tivoli Gardens, before he moved to England with Crystal Palace in February ...

, Jamaican football (soccer) player * Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician *

Ricardo Gomes Ricardo Gomes Raymundo (born 13 December 1964) is a Brazilian retired professional footballer and manager. As a player, he played as a central defender, in a 14-year professional career, for Fluminense (six years), Benfica (four) and Paris Sai ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Ricardo González (golfer) Ricardo González (born 24 October 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer. Career González turned professional in 1986, and has spent much of his career in Europe. He won a place on the European Tour in 1992 through qualifying school after pl ...

, Argentine golf player *

Ricardo González (racing driver) Ricardo Benjamín González Valdés (born 20 October 1977 in Monterrey) is a Mexican racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. In 2013, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2 class and 2013 FIA WEC World Champion LMP2 ...

, Mexican racing driver *

Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portugue ...

, Chilean footballer *

Ricardo Gutierrez Ricardo Gutierrez is a Mexican American actor, director, and teacher. He starred as Alderman Mata on the Starz Network drama series ''Boss.'' Education Gutierrez studied at Illinois State University. Career Theater Gutierrez has acted in p ...

, American actor *

Ricardo Hausmann Ricardo Hausmann (born 1956) is the former Director of the Center for International Development currently leading the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab and is a Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the John F. ...

, Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard * Ricardo Hurtado, American actor * Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer * Ricardo James, Panamaian footballer * Ricardo Lagos, Chilean socialist politician and former president * Ricardo Larrivée, French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer * Ricardo Lee, Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright *

Ricardo P. Lloyd Ricardo P Lloyd (born 20 November 1993) is a British actor and presenter. He began his career in theatre, appearing in productions, including those by Shakespeare's Globe. In 2020, ''The Voice'' named him one of the Top 20 to watch out for. In ...

, British actor * Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Columbian racing driver *

Ricardo López Felipe Ricardo López Felipe (born 30 December 1971), known simply as Ricardo, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a manager. He played 279 La Liga matches over 15 seasons, starting his career at Atléti ...

, Spanish football goalkeeper * Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter *

Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born ''c''. 1961) is a politician from Equatorial Guinea and a member of PDGE. He was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2008.Ricardo Marsh Ricardo Marsh (born September 12, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the Israeli Basketball Premier League Statistical Leaders, top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in 2007 and is currently assistant ...

(born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League * Ricardo Martínez, Mexican footballer * Ricardo Matosinhos, Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue * Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor *

Ricardo Medina, Jr. Ricardo Medina Jr. (often referred to as Rick Medina) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Cole Evans, the Red Wild Force Ranger on the TV series '' Power Rangers Wild Force'', and later as Deker, the half-human cursed N ...

, American actor *

Ricardo Miranda Ricardo Miranda (born August 22, 1976) is a Canadian politician and trade unionist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 2015 Alberta general election representing the electoral district of Calgary-Cross. On February 2, ...

, Canadian politician *

Ricardo Mthembu Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu (1970 – 8 July 2020) was a South African politician. Career He was a member of the African National Congress and a representative of the party in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2019 to 2020. Mthembu served on the ...

(1970–2020), South African politician * Ricardo Nascimento, Portuguese footballer * Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author *

Ricardo Pereira (actor) Ricardo da Silva Tavares Pereira (born 14 September 1979) is a Portuguese actor, model and television presenter. Biography Ricardo Pereira was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He spent most of his youth in Sintra Municipality and studied for a degr ...

, Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model * Ricardo (footballer, born 1976), full name Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira, Portuguese football goalkeeper * Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people * Ricardo Puno, Filipino lawyer * Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer * Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation), multiple people * Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian racing driver *

Ricardo Salampessy Ricardo Salampessy (born 18 February 1984) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura. International career Born in Ambon, Maluku, he has played for the Indonesia national football team ...

, Indonesian footballer * Ricardo Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer *

Ricardo Sánchez (water polo) Ricardo Sánchez Alarcón (born February 24, 1971 in Madrid) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. See also * List of Olympic me ...

, Spanish water polo player *

Ricardo Santos (disambiguation) Ricardo Santos may refer to: * Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball), Brazilian beach volleyball player * Ricardo Santos (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer * Ricardo Santos (golfer), Portuguese golfer * Ricardo Santos (sailor) Ricardo Wi ...

, multiple people *

Ricardo Senn Ricardo S. Senn (3 April 1931 – 26 July 2012)Ricardo Senn's obituary ...

, Argentine cyclist * Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver), Angolan racing driver * Ricardo Villagran, Argentine illustrator * Ricardo Villalobos, Chilean electronic musician * Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Zunino, Argentine racing driver

Nickname

* Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992

Last name

*Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of

Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (24 June 1847 – 23 August 1879), formerly Amy Mary Ricardo, was the first wife of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, and the mother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond. She died befor ...

(1847–1879), British aristocrat *Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912–1999), British ichthyologist * David Ricardo (1772–1823), British economist * David Ricardo (the younger) (1803–1864), British Liberal Member of Parliament *Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), British army officer , police officer and philanthropist (brother of Horace Ricardo) * Halsey Ricardo (1854–1928), English architect and designer *Sir

Harry Ricardo Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was an English engineer who was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine. Among his many other works, ...

(1885–1974), British motor engineer who established Ricardo Consulting Engineers *Colonel

Horace Ricardo Colonel Horace Ricardo, CVO (28 September 1850 – 11 April 1935)"Ricardo, Colonel Horace" WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Oxford University Press. was a British Army officer and land owner. Ricardo was born London, the son of Percy Ricardo (1820� ...

(1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo) *

James Ricardo James Ricardo is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Filmography References External links * * * American film directors American male screenwriters American film producers American agnostics English-language ...

, American film director * John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician * Osman Ricardo (1795–1881), British Liberal and Whig politician

Fictional characters

* Richard Alpert (Lost), on the '' Lost'' TV series * Ricardo Diaz, from the ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' video game * Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, main characters on the ''

I Love Lucy ''I Love Lucy'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning six seasons. The show starred Lucille Ball, her husband, Desi Arnaz, along with ...

'' TV series *Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the '' Ang Probinsyano'' TV series * Ricardo Tubbs, on the TV series '' Miami Vice'' * Ricardo (comic book character), the main antagonist from '' The Adventures of Nero'' comic book series