Tancred

German

"thoughtful counsel"

Tancred Origin and Meaning

The name Tancred is a boy's name of German origin meaning "thoughtful counsel".

More familiar to most English speakers in its Italian form, Tancredo, this Old School name is one to consider if you want something both authentic and highly unusual.

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Famous People Named Tancred

• Tancred Norman leader of the First Crusade, Prince of Galilee and regent of Antioch
• Tancred of Hauteville Norman nobleman
• Tancred Prince of Bari
• Tancred Count of Syracuse
• Tancred King of Sicily
• Tancred Ibsen Norwegian officer, grandson of Henrik Ibsen
• (Carl) Tancred Borenius Finnish art historian
• Tancred of Conversano count of Brindisi
• Tancred Tancredi Dominican friar
• Tancred of Bologna Dominican canonist
• Tankrad abbot of Prum Abbey
• Tancred "Tanc" Sade Australian actor

Tancred in Pop Culture

• Tancred of Salerno character in Boccaccio's Decameron
• Tancred a character in computer game Diablo 2
• Tancred a character in Summoner, known as the "King of Fleas"
• Tancred Torsson character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Tancred King of Naples and Prince of Salerne, character in "Tancred and Gismund," English Elizabethan play
• Old French name of Germanic origin brought to England by the Normans