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 González (racing driver), Mexican racing driver Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso, Chilean footballer Ricardo Gutierrez, American actor Ricardo Hausmann, 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, British actor Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Columbian racing driver Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish football goalkeeper Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter 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 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