Tancredi

Italian from German

"thoughtful counsel"

By Nameberry

Updated Tue Feb 03 2026

Tancredi Origin and Meaning

Variation of Tancredo

Tancredi in
'La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered)' by Torquato Tasso
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
musical work by Claudio Monteverdi
Tancredi
opera by Gioachino Rossini (1813)
Frank and Sara Tancredi
characters on TV's Prison Break
Tancredi Falconieri
a character in The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Tancred or Tankred is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. Tankrad comes from thank
(thought) and ,rad (counsel), 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.

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