Tancrède

A French variation of the Germanic Tancred, Tancrède appears in the title of a play by Voltaire and an opera by André Campra, both written in the 18th-century. Real-life bearers have included a 9th-century French saint, martyr, and hermit, the 19th-century photographer Tancrède Dumas, and the 20th-century writer, Tancrède Vallerey.

Despite its ancient feel and poetic flair, Tancrède is rare but not totally unheard among French speakers today, with more contemporary bearers including sportsman Tancrède Melet and singer Tancrède Lehman.

Pronounced tan-KRED.