Ricardo

Portuguese and Spanish variation of Richard

"dominant ruler"

Ricardo Origin and Meaning

The name Ricardo is a boy's name of Spanish, Portuguese origin meaning "dominant ruler".

Richard is far from fashionable, but Ricardo is one of the most popular Spanish names for boys in the US. And it does sound far more appealing that the English version.

Ricardo Rank in US Top 1000

# 372 in the US

Popularity of the name Ricardo

• 372 US 2023
• 1738 Nameberry 2024
• 958 England 2021
• 327 Germany 2016
• 56 Portugal 2020
• 40 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Ricardo

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Ricardo.

• Stefan
• Marcos
• Nickolas
• Nikolas
• Erik
• Stephan
• Maximiliano
• Zachariah
• Cristian
• Andre
• Alberto
• Gustavo
• Luis
• Dominick
• Sergio
• Alejandro
• Jose
• Manuel
• Giovanni
• Tomas

Famous People Named Ricardo

• Ricardo "Kaká" Izecson dos Santos Leite Brazilian professional football player
• Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán (y Merino) Mexican actor
• (Edgar) Ricardo Arjona (Morales) Guatemalan singer,songwriter
• Ricardo Mello Brazilian tennis player
• Ricardo Hocevar Brazilian tennis player
• Ricardo Froilán Lagos (Escobar) former president of Chile
• Ricardo Luiz Zonta Brazilian racing driver
• Ricardo Montaner (born Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner) Venezuelan singer,songwriter
• Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho Portuguese footballer
• Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz) American actor

The name Ricardo in Pop Culture

• Ricky and Lucy Ricardo characters from TV's "I Love Lucy"