THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Ricar
Ricar is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Ricarte as a short or familiar form.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Short for Ricarte.
a diminutive of the male given name Ricarte; a diminutive of the male given names Ricardo and Richard
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ricar in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Ricar
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Rica♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Maricar♀Short form of Maricarmen
- Oscar♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Ria♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Riban·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ric·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ricardo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ricarte♂Spanish form: Ricarte
What rhymes with Ricar?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Ricar further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ricar (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.