Given name & surname
Tanguy
“a warrior”
Tanguy is used as a given name and a surname. One Celtic interpretation is “a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Celtic interpretation is “a warrior.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
Tanguy’s family of names
In French usage, Tanguy was borrowed from the Breton form TANGI. In French usage, Tanguy as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Breton form TANGI. In English usage, Tanguy as a surname has a related form in Tingay.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tanguy
- Tanguy NdombeleFrench footballer (born 1996)
- Tanguy NianzouFrench footballer (born 2002)
- Tanguy NefSwiss alpine skierborn 1996
- Tanguy CoulibalyIvorian and French association football playerborn 2001
- Tanguy CosynsBelgian field hockey playerborn 1991
- Tanguy VielFrench writerborn 1973
- Tanguy Turgiscyclistborn 1998
- Tanguy MalmancheFrench writer (1875–1953)
- Tanguy NgomboQatari basketball player (born 1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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