Richard is a boy’s name of English, French, German, Literary and Teutonic origin. Meaning in English: Strong ruler. Meaning in French and German: Powerful; strong ruler. A Teutonic name from the European Middle Ages. England’s King Richard Coeur de Lion was a crusading knight. A literary name from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, where it belongs to richard Scroop, Archbishop of York. Sir Richard Vernon. ‘King Henry V’ & ‘Henry VI, 1, 2, & 3’, Richard Plantagenet. His son, Richard. ‘Richard II’. ‘Richard III’ Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV’s son. Sir Richard Ratcliff. Meaning in Teutonic: Powerful ruler. The name has 7 letters.