Where the spelling 리처드 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 리처드 for Richard.
People in the list with this given name:
- 롭슨, 리처드 — Richard Robson
- 클라우즈너, 리처드 — Richard D. Klausner
- 말스, 리처드 (도널드) — Marles, Richard (Donald)
…and 56 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Richard means
Richard by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 209, 85,437 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 리처드: 59.
Korean names for Richard
These are the converter’s results for Richard as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이리오Lee RioBoy’s name · 65% sound match
이로이Lee RoiBoy’s name · 57% sound match
이루이Lee RuiBoy’s name · 57% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Richard means.
Your name means: king, ruler + hard, brave (from Proto-Germanic *rīks)
이지용Lee JiyongBoy’s name · Meaning: Brave, strong지 智 wisdom, knowledge용 勇 brave, courageous, fierce
이재용Lee JaeyongBoy’s name · Meaning: Brave, strong
이태용Lee TaeyongBoy’s name · Meaning: Brave, strong
이리처드Lee RicheodeuYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics