Tancred
Tancred or
Tankred is a masculine given name of Germanic origin.
Tankrad comes from
thank- and
-rad, meaning "well-thought advice". It was used in the High Middle Ages mainly by the Normans and especially associated with the Hauteville family in Italy. It is rare today as a first name, but still common as a Norman surname:
Tanqueray. Its Italian form is
Tancredi and in Latin it is
Tancredus. Its Italian patronymic is also
Tancredi. Famous historical persons with the name include: ▪
Tancred of Hauteville may refer to: ▪ Tancred of Hauteville, founder of the Hauteville family ▪ Tancred, Prince of Galilee, a leader of the First Crusade ▪ Tancred, Prince of Bari, son of Roger II of Sicily, and Prince of Taranto from 1132 to 1138 ▪ Tancred, Count of Syracuse ▪ Tancred of Sicily, King of Sicily in the late 12th century ▪ Tancred of Conversano, count of Brindisi ▪ Tancred Tancredi, Dominican friar...