Släkthistoria för Tancred
Tancred Vad efternamn betyder
metathesized variant of Tankard. There is no evidence that the modern surname derived from the Old French personal name Tancred (Continental Germanic Tancrad from *thank- ‘think thank’ + *rād- ‘counsel’) though the given name is attested in Tancredus filius Bernardi Tancredus de Witton 1252 in Ramsey Cartulary (Hunts) and a derived surname is apparently recorded in John Tankred 1389 in Crowland Abbey Estates (Cambs).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
