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.

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