The name Sancho (Spanish: [ˈsantʃo]) is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans).[1] Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius.[2] Feminine forms of the name are Sancha, Sancia, and Sanchia (Spanish: [ˈsantʃa])m and the common patronymic is Sánchez and Sanches.
Outside the Spanish-speaking world, the name is especially associated with the literary character Sancho Panza.
Sancho is a common slang term in the Spanish speaking world for the other man in the relationship. As in a spouse or girlfriend who is being unfaithful with a Sancho. Sancha is the feminine equivalent.[3]
Kings of Navarre
- Sancho I
- Sancho II
- Sancho III
- Sancho IV
- Sancho V (also king of Aragon)
- Sancho VI
- Sancho VII
Kings of León and Castile
- Sancho I (León)
- Sancho II (León and Castille)
- Sancho III (Castille)
- Sancho IV (León and Castille)
Kings of Portugal
King of Majorca
Dukes of Gascony
Counts of Castille
Other historical figures
- Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
- Sancho (bishop of Jaca)
- Sancho, Count of Provence
- Sancho I of Astarac
- Sancho Alfónsez
- Sanciolo d'Aragona
- Sancho of Aragon (archbishop of Toledo)
- Sancho Manoel de Vilhena
- Sancho Nunes de Barbosa
- Sancho Gracia
- Sancho Ramirez
- Sancho Ramírez of Viguera
- Sancho Ramírez, Count of Ribagorza
- Sancho Sánchez
- Juan Bautista Sancho
- Charles Ignatius Sancho, 18th century British abolitionist, writer and composer.
- 'Sancho', a nickname for philosopher Max Stirner in Marx and Engel's The German Ideology
Fictional
Other
- Brent Sancho, a Trinidadian footballer and politician
- Jadon Sancho, an English footballer of Trinidadian descent
- 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
- ↑ "Apellidos de los Peruanos, Heráldica Peruana".
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "The Tortilla Curtain".
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