MEANING & HISTORY
What does Richelda mean?
The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources explicitly records Richelda in Italian Latin documentation dated 1265–1339, under Richild. Its specialist analysis joins Germanic ruler and battle elements.
This exact historical form supplies stronger evidence than inferring a relationship merely from the modern spelling.
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 Richelda in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
RICHELDACSV record 9,901 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Richelda 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 Richelda
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
- Imelda♀From Irmhild: great and battle
- Richard♂Brave ruler
- Elda♀Battle, through the Hilda name family
- Gilda♀Payment or tribute; shortened from -gilda names
- Hilda♀Battle
- Nilda·Short form of Germanic names containing battle
- Rica♀Short form of Frederica or other -rica names
- Ricardo♂Powerful and bold
What rhymes with Richelda?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Richelda 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.
- S. L. Uckelman, Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (2023): Richild (opens in a new tab)
Primary onomastic dictionary: exact Richelda nominative attestation in Italian Latin, 1265–1339, and ruler + battle formation.