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Revision as of 00:04, 27 December 2021 by EricWR (talk | contribs) (→Last name: Added David Ricardo (the younger).)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) This article is about the given name, nickname and surname. For the UK engineering firm, see Ricardo plc. For the American unincorporated community, see Ricardo, California. For the drum size, see Conga.| Pronunciation | Spanish: [riˈkaɾðo] Portuguese: [ʁiˈkaɾðu] |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Spanish, Portuguese, |
| Meaning | 'strong in rule' |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Riccardo, Richard, Rick, Chico |
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, Portuguese comedian
- Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
- Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Ricardo Ávila, Panamanian footballer
- Ricardo Bralo, Argentine long-distance runner
- Ricardo Bueno Fernández, Spanish politician
- Ricardo Busquets, Puerto Rican swimmer
- Ricardo Cardeno, Colombian triathlete
- Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
- Ricardo Cortez, American actor
- Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor
- Ricardo (footballer, born 1980), full name Ricardo da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
- Ricardo Faty, Senegalese footballer
- Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player
- Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian boxer
- Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican football (soccer) player
- Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician
- Ricardo Gomes, Brazilian footballer
- Ricardo González (golfer), Argentine golf player
- Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso, Chilean footballer
- Ricardo Gutierrez, American actor
- Ricardo Hausmann, Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard
- 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, British actor
- Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish football goalkeeper
- Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
- Ricardo Marsh (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., American actor
- Ricardo Miranda, Canadian politician
- Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician
- Ricardo Nascimento, Portuguese footballer
- Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author
- Ricardo Pereira (actor), 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, Indonesian footballer
- Ricardo Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer
- Ricardo Sánchez (water polo), Spanish water polo player
- Ricardo Santos (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ricardo Senn, Argentine cyclist
- Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver), Angolan racing driver
- Ricardo Villagran, Argentine illustrator
- Ricardo Villalobos, Chilean electronic musician
- Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian Formula One 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 (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 (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 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
See also
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