Tanaquil

TAN-a-quill or tan-a-KEEL

Etruscan

"gift of God"

Updated Tue Mar 26 2024

Tanaquil Origin and Meaning

The name Tanaquil is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "gift of God".

This intriguing name of an ancient Etruscan queen renowned for her prophetic powers was long associated with the prima ballerina Tanaquil LeClerq.

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Tanaquil (7th century BC)wife of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome
Tanaquil "Tanny" LeClerq (19292000), prima ballerina
Tanaquil JonesAmerican activist
Tanaquil Enzensberger (b. 1957)daughter of German writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Tanaquil, aka Gloriana, the titular fairy queen in Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590), a representation of Elizabeth I: "He [Oberon] dying, left the fairest Tanaquil / Him to succeed therein, by his last Will: / Fairer and nobler liveth none this hour. / Ne like in Grace, ne like in learned Skill; / Therefore they Glorian[a] call that glorious Flower. / Long mayst thou Glorian live, in Glory and great Power."
Tanaquil, the heroine of Tanith Lee's Unicorn trilogy (the young daughter of a powerful sorceress, who brings a unicorn to life)
Origin: Latinization of the Etruscan Thanchvil (or Thanchivil, Thancvil, Thanachvil, Thanacvil, Than(a)qvil, etc.), a theophoric name, Thana + cvil, "gift of Thana" (probably from the name of a lost Etruscan goddess, Thana)
Also pronounced like tranquil: TAN,a,quill