Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇦🇹 Ricarda
/ree · KAR · dah/
Meaning
“Strong ruler”
Feminine form of Richard, from the Germanic ric (power) and hard (strong), meaning strong ruler; the feminine form was popular in Germany and Iberia and carries a certain stiff formality.
Nicknames
rica
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Feels distinctly mid-century European; unlikely to revive but ages without being embarrassing.
The cultural moment.
Used in Germany and Spain from the 1930s through the 1970s; rare in new births since the 1980s.