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

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 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

  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
  3. "The Tortilla Curtain".
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