Sancho Explained

For other uses see Sancho (disambiguation).

The name Sancho (pronounced as /es/) 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 (pronounced as /es/)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

• Sancho I, o Povoador
• Sancho II, o Capelo

King of Majorca

• Sancho

Dukes of Gascony

• Sancho I
• Sancho II
• Sancho III
• Sancho IV
• Sancho V
• Sancho VI

Counts of Castille

• Sancho García

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

• Sancho Panza

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. Web site: The Tortilla Curtain.