Richer
m.
Old High German rih 'ruler' + Germanic harja 'army, folk'.
The name of a 7th C Frankish saint.
Riquier is a Norman and Picard form.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● 813 richarius (nom) UBEnns-1 II
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Richerus (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 13;
1189 Richerius (nom) GASurv p. 129
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Richarius (nom) irminon-vol2 28, Palatiolum;
11thC Richer (nom) StVdM-II 710;
1126 Richerius (nom) CartStPC IV;
1147 Richerio (abl) clairvaux-12thc 19,
Richerius (nom) ibid. 15;
1179 Richeri (gen) ibid. 181,
Richerus (nom) ibid. 181
- Old French
- ● 1301 Rikier (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 241;
1313 Richier Paris1313 p. 20
- Middle French
- ● 1388 Riquier thierry
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Recheri (abl) TradCorb §139;
1130 Richeri (gen) quix-vol1 63;
1135 Richerus (nom) ibid. 64;
1142 Richerus (nom) mairhofer XIII;
1151 Richerus (nom) ibid. XXXVI;
1157 Richero (nom) quix-vol1 44;
1168 Richero (abl) ibid. 65;
1173 Richero (abl) ibid. 99,
Richerus (nom) ibid. 81
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Richer". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Richer.