Sancho

The name Sancho is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans).[1] Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius.[2] The feminine form is Sancha and the common patronymic is Sánchez.

Outside the Spanish-speaking world, the name is especially associated with the literary character Sancho Panza.

Kings of Navarre

Kings of León and Castile

Kings of Portugal

King of Majorca

Dukes of Gascony

Counts of Castille

Other historical figures

Fictional

Other

  • Brent Sancho, a Trinidadian footballer and politician
  • Jadon Sancho, an English footballer
  • The War of the Three Sanchos, an 11th century conflict between the three first cousins Jímenez kings: Sancho II of Castile, Sancho IV of Navarre, and Sancho Ramírez of Aragon, all grandsons of Sancho the Great in Northern Spain.

References

  1. "Apellidos de los Peruanos, Heráldica Peruana".
  2. Eichler, Ernst; Hilty, Gerold; Löffler, Heinrich; Steger, Hugo; Zgusta, Ladislav: Namenforschung/Name Studies/Les noms propres, Walter de Gruyter, 1 January 1995, p. 748 Online
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