Tankred
given name · Latin script
Meaning: männl. Vom., normannische Form von (DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen)
Used for both men and women· registers list it under both sexes; no split published
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 11 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Tankred is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- DKDenmark
- NONorway
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)männl. Vom., normannische Form von
Cited for this meaning 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
- DEGermany
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- DKDenmark
- NONorway
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Tancred of Hautevilleb. 980FRnot in their usual nameNorman petty lord
- Tancredb. 1072ITnot in their usual nameItalo-Norman leader of the First Crusade (1075-1112)
- Tankred Dorstb. 1925DEGerman playwright and storyteller (1925–2017)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 11 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tankred mean, and where does it come from?
- männl. Vom., normannische Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- Is Tankred a male or female name?
- Tankred is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: Finland (DVV). We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Tankred have the most bearers?
- Tankred is most frequently recorded in Germany.
What do you want to know about Tankred?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tankredThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tankred”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.