Tancred


This is a medival French masculine name. I love it because it sounds "knightly", but it avoids the stereotypical romanticism of Lancelot or Tristan. I'm also fond of this name because my husband is French, so we've always tried to find names with a French background for our kids. (Haven't used Tancrede yet, though!)

Tancred is a Norman French name. Like most Norman names, it is derived from Germanic elements; in this case thank meaning "thought" and rad meaning "counsel." It is fairly rare as a first name today, but it survives in the French surname Tanqueray.

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