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 [ 3 syll. ri-car-do, ric-a-rdo ] The boy name Ricardo is pronounced RihKAARDow KEY. Ricardo is of Germanic origin, and it is predominantly used in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Ricardo is a variation of Richard (Czech, English, French, and German). Rico (Spanish short form) is a variant of Ricardo. Ricardo is a popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1910s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1998, 0.150% of baby boys were given the name Ricardo. It ranked at #125 then. The baby name has since fallen in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #149 with a usage of 0.127%. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Ricardo, Richard (Czech, English, French, and German) was the most popular. It was used 47% more than Ricardo in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ricardo include Riccardo (Italian), Rhisiart (Welsh), Ricciardo (Italian), Richardo (English), Riocard (Irish), Rezart (Albanian), Ricard (English), Richard (Czech, English, French, and German), Richart (German), Richerd (English), Rickard (Scandinavian), Rickert (English and German), Rikard (Finnish, Hungarian, and Scandinavian), Rikert (German), Rikhard (Finnish), Ritchard (English), Ruiseart (Scottish), and Ryszard (Polish). A famous person named Ricardo is Ricardo Montalban, Actor, born 25 November 1920, Mexico City, Mexico. KEY: English pronunciation for Ricardo: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
