Ricardo is the

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and Portuguese cognate of the name

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

. It derived from

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...

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

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

People

Given name

* Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (born 1974), Portuguese comedian *

Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold ...

(born 1964), Guatemalan singer *

Ricardo Arona Ricardo Arona (; born 17 July 1978) is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist, submission grappler and 4th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt practitioner. A two-time World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu champion in the lower belts ...

(born 1978), Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Ricardo Ávila Ricardo Guardia Ávila (born 4 February 1997) is a Panamanian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for UMECIT FC, and the Panama national football team, Panama national team. Club career Born in Panama City, Ávila started ...

(born 1997), Panamanian footballer * Ricardo Bierhals (born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Ricardo Bralo (1916–?), Argentine long-distance runner * Ricardo Bombine Pimentel (born 1978), Brazilian musician * Ricardo Bueno Fernández (1940-2015), Spanish politician * Ricardo Busquets (born 1974), Puerto Rican swimmer *

Ricardo Cardeno 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 In many societies, a surname, family name, or ...

(born 1971), Colombian triathlete *

Ricardo Carvalho Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho (; born 18 May 1978) is a Portuguese professional association football, football coach and former player who is currently assistant head coach of the Portugal national football team, Portugal national team ...

(born 1978), 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 ...

(1900-1977), American actor * Ricardo Darín (born 1957), Argentine actor * Ricardo da Silva (born 1980), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer *

Ricardo Esgaio Ricardo de Sousa Esgaio (; born 16 May 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP as a right-back. He made 243 Primeira Liga appearances with Sporting CP (two spells), Braga and on loan at Académica, winning ...

, Portuguese footballer *

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

(born 1986), 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 care ...

(born 1991), Brazilian basketball player *

Ricardo Fortaleza Ricardo Mendoza Fortaleza (born April 18, 1951 in Malate, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino- Australian retired Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor. He currently lives in Blacktown, Sydney, Australia. E ...

(born 1951), 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 Feb ...

(born 1979), Jamaican football (soccer) player * Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician *

Ricardo Gangeme Ricardo Gangeme (August 24, 1943 – May 13, 1999), was an Argentine journalist, editor and founder of the newspaper ''El Informador Chubutense'' in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who was known for writing articles exposing corruption of political ...

(1943-1999), Argentine journalist and founder of ''El Informador Chubutense'' *

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 Par ...

(born 1964), Brazilian footballer *

Ricardo González (golfer) Ricardo González (born 24 October 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer. Professional 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 qualifyin ...

(born 1969), Argentine golf player * Ricardo González (racing driver) (born 1977), Mexican racing driver * Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso (born 1965), retired Chilean footballer * Ricardo Gutierrez (born 1955), American actor * Ricardo López (born 1966), Mexican professional boxer * Ricardo Hallman, American college football player *

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 Harvard Ken ...

(born 1956), Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard * Ricardo Hurtado (born 1999), American actor * Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 1982), better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer * Ricardo James (born 1966), Panamaian footballer *

Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military di ...

(born 1938), Chilean socialist politician and former president * Ricardo Larrivée (born 1967), French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer * Ricardo Lee (born 1948), Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright * Ricardo P. Lloyd (born 1993), British actor *

Ricardo Londoño Ricardo Londoño Bridge (8 August 1949 – 18 July 2009) was a racing driver from Colombia. He had an unremarkable international career apart from his one attempt at Formula One in the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix with Ensign. Londoño was the fi ...

(1949–2009), Colombian racing driver * Ricardo López Felipe (born 1971), Spanish football goalkeeper * Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter * Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea * Ricardo Marsh (born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League * Ricardo Martínez (born 1980), Mexican footballer * Ricardo Matosinhos (born 1982), Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue * Ricardo Maurício (born 1979), Brazilian racing driver *

Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG ( ; ; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican and American film and television actor. Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became widely known for performances ...

(1920–2009), Mexican actor *

Ricardo Montez Ricardo Montez (born Levy Isaac Attias; 20 September 1923 – 26 October 2010) was a Gibraltarian actor. He was best known for his role as the Spanish bartender Juan Cervantes, a student in Jeremy Brown's EFL class in the ITV comedy series '' ...

(1923–2010), Gibraltarian actor * Ricardo Medina, Jr. (born 1979), American actor * Ricardo Menéndez March (born 1987/1988), New Zealand politician * Ricardo Miranda (born 1976), Canadian politician and trade unionist * Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician * Ricardo Nascimento (born 1974), Portuguese footballer * Ricardo Palma (1833-1919), Peruvian author * Ricardo Pereira (actor) (born 1979), Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model * Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira (born 1976), Portuguese football goalkeeper * Ricardo Pietreczko (born 1994), German professional darts player * Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people * Ricardo Puno (1923–2018), Filipino lawyer *

Ricardo Quaresma Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (; born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese former professional association football, footballer who played as a Winger (association football), winger. He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for ...

(born 1983), Portuguese footballer *

Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation) Ricardo Rodriguez or Rodríguez may refer to: Sports Association football *Ricardo Rodríguez (football manager) (born 1974), Spanish football coach *Ricardo Rodriguez (footballer) (born 1992), Swiss football left-back *Ricardo Rodríguez (football ...

, multiple people * Ricardo Rosset (born 1968), Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Salampessy (born 1984), Indonesian footballer * Ricardo Sanabria (born 1969), Paraguayan footballer *

Ricardo Sánchez (water polo) Ricardo Sánchez Alarcón (born 24 February 1971) 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 medalists in ...

(born 1971), 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), Brazilian ...

, multiple people * Ricardo Senn (1931–2012), Argentine cyclist *

Ricardo Sperafico Ricardo Sperafico (born 23 July 1979) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. Career Born in Toledo, he resides in a family of racers, twin brother of Rodrigo, and with two cousins, Alexandre and the late Rafael. He began his career in Euro ...

(born 1979), Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver) (born 1984), Angolan racing driver * Ricardo Toledo Carranza (born 1958), Costa Rican politician * Ricardo Viera (1945–2020) Cuban-born American visual artist, educator, curator * Ricardo Villagran (born 1938), Argentine illustrator *

Ricardo Villalobos Ricardo Villalobos (born 6 August 1970) is a Chilean-born German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in the minimal techno scene. ...

(born 1970), Chilean electronic musician *

Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Luiz Zonta (; born March 23, 1976) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 10 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross for RCM Motorsport. Early career Born in ...

(born 1976), Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Zunino (born 1949), Argentine racing driver

Nickname

Richard Møller Nielsen Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team that won the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal of ...

(1937–2014), Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992

Last name

*Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (1847–1879), British aristocrat *Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of

Kate Bertram Cicely Kate Bertram, JP (née Ricardo; 8 July 1912 – 6 July 1999) was a British academic specialising in East African and Palestinian fisheries, and working with her husband Colin Bertram on sirenea. Part of the 1930s "Cambridge school" ...

(1912–1999), British ichthyologist *

David Ricardo David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British political economist, politician, and member of Parliament. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Ada ...

(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 (1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo) * James Ricardo, 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 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 series starred Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, along with Vivian ...

'' TV series *Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the ''

Ang Probinsyano ''FPJ's Ang Probinsyano'' (international title: ''Brothers''; ) is a Philippine television drama action series broadcast by ABS-CBN and Kapamilya Channel. The series is based on the 1996 Philippine film of the same title. Directed by Ma ...

'' TV series *

Ricardo Tubbs Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs is a fictional character from the ''Miami Vice'' television series. Tubbs was originally portrayed by Philip Michael Thomas in the television series from 1984 to 1990, and later by Jamie Foxx in the feature film i ...

, on the TV series ''

Miami Vice ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs, Ricardo "Rico" Tub ...

'' *

Ricardo (comic book character) Ricardo is a Flemish comic book character and the main antagonist in ''The Adventures of Nero'' series by Marc Sleen. He is a ruthless maffia, maffiosi who hates Nero (comic book character), Nero with a passion. Together with Geeraard de Duivel an ...

, the main antagonist from ''

The Adventures of Nero ''The Adventures of Nero'' or ''Nero'' was a Belgium, Belgian comic strip drawn by Marc Sleen and the name of Nero (comic book character), its main character. The original title ranged from ''De Avonturen van Detective Van Zwam, Detectief Van Z ...

'' comic book series * Ricardo Amino (Cartoon character) , side character and brother of Maria Amino from the cartoon show ‘’ Ozzy and Drix’’ air date September 27, 2003 * Ricardio, a character who is a heart from Ice King’s body in the animated series ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...