MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ricaredo mean?
Algar’s annotated Cervantes edition explicitly contrasts its Recaredo with Cervantes’s original Ricaredo. A University of Buenos Aires literary study also discusses the possible historical allusion to the Visigothic king Recaredo.
This establishes a specific literary form history, while the intended allusion and ultimate literal roots remain qualified; it does not prove that a Philippine family chose the literary character.
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.
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 ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Ricaredo in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
RICAREDOCSV record 11,141 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ricaredo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ricaredo
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
- Recaredo♂Historical Gothic-derived royal name
- Ricardo♂Powerful and bold
- Ricar♂Familiar form of Ricarte, Ricardo or Richard
- Ricarte♂Spanish form linked with Basque Errekarte
- Richard♂Brave ruler
- Sigfredo·Form of Siegfried; victory and peace
- Wilfredo♂Desiring peace; Spanish form of Wilfred
- Alfredo♂Elf counsel
What rhymes with Ricaredo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Ricaredo 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.
- Algar Editorial: annotated La española inglesa, introduction and name note (opens in a new tab)
Annotated edition explicitly states Recaredo (Ricaredo, decía Cervantes); exact literary form relationship, not a settled literal etymology.
- Noelia Nair Vitali (2016), Desarraigos, ocultamientos e identidades amenazadas en La española inglesa, exlibris 5, p. 70 n.10 (opens in a new tab)
Primary university literary study: exact Ricaredo and qualified possible historical referent Recaredo; literary interpretation kept conditional.