Origin and popularity of the name RICHE

Origin

Riche : 1: English (London): variant of Rich.2: French: nickname for a rich man or perhaps an ironical name for a pauper from Old French riche ‘rich’. Compare Leriche.3: French (Riché): variant of Richer.

Rich : 1: English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper) from Middle English Old French riche ‘rich wealthy’ a word of ancient Germanic origin akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.2: English: from the Middle English personal name Rich a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich- such as Richer and especially Richard. Compare Rick.3: English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’ signifying one who lived beside a stream as at Glynde Reach (Sussex) or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).4: English: sometimes perhaps a variant of Ridge with devoicing of the formerly medial consonant.5: Americanized form of German Reich.

Richman : 1: English: from the Middle English personal name Richeman either from an unrecorded Old English Rīcmann or from a pet form of Richard + the hypocoristic suffix -man. The name was sometimes interchangeable with Rickman especially in recent times.2: English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English riche ‘rich powerful’ + -man. Compare Rich.3: English: perhaps a variant of Richmond or vice versa.4: Americanized form of German Richmann: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + man ‘man’.

Richmond : English:: 1: habitational name from Richmond (North Yorkshire). The placename was probably transferred after the Norman Conquest from any of numerous places in France named with Old French riche ‘mighty strong’ + munt mont ‘mountain hill’. Richmond in southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII in honor of the king who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the throne and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.2: occasionally a variant of Richman with excrescent -d. The two names were probably often confused.

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