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The name Sancho () is an Iberian name of
Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...
origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans). Sancho stems from the
Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
name Sanctius. Feminine forms of the name are Sancha, Sancia, and Sanchia (), and the common
patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...
is Sánchez and Sanches. Outside the Spanish-speaking world, the name is especially associated with the literary character
Sancho Panza Sancho Panza (; ) is a fictional character in the novel ''Don Quixote'' written by Spain, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, ...
. 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.


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 * Manuela 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

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Sancho Panza Sancho Panza (; ) is a fictional character in the novel ''Don Quixote'' written by Spain, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, ...


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.


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