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Tancredi

Thoughtful counsel

Origin

Germanic

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Origin and meaning of Tancredi

Tancredi is of Germanic origin, from the blend of thank ('thought, reflection') and rad ('counsel'): it means 'the one who gives wise counsel'. The name was made illustrious by Tancred of Hauteville, the valiant Norman commander of the First Crusade, and echoes through literature, from Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered to The Leopard. In Italy it is an aristocratic, elegant name back in fashion in recent years; the variants Tancred and Tancrède keep its chivalric charm in Anglo-French lands.