Ricardo
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard. From Portuguese and Spanish Ricardo. Doublet of Richard.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Ricardo (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ricardo has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 460 |
| 2000 | 476 |
| 2001 | 484 |
| 2002 | 493 |
| 2003 | 509 |
| 2004 | 517 |
| 2005 | 533 |
| 2006 | 549 |
| 2007 | 562 |
| 2008 | 582 |
| 2009 | 595 |
| 2010 | 613 |
| 2011 | 613 |
| 2012 | 617 |
| 2013 | 639 |
| 2014 | 656 |
| 2015 | 674 |
| 2016 | 689 |
| 2017 | 696 |
| 2018 | 706 |
| 2019 | 717 |
| 2020 | 727 |
Ricardo in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ricardo.Hi! My name is Ricardo.
- Ricardo bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Ricardo lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Ricardo har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ricardo has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ricardos mamma är lärare.Ricardo's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ricardos mamma is Ricardo's mum.
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How do you pronounce Ricardo in Swedish?
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What does the name Ricardo mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard. From Portuguese and Spanish Ricardo. Doublet of Richard.
How popular is Ricardo in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Ricardo in 2022. In 2020, 727 people in Sweden had Ricardo as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2005 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.