# Sancho (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sancho/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsæn.t͡ʃoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 34 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sancho.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | 5,609 |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,506 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,932 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,178 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,365 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,911 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Sancho

- Sancho García of Castile, Count of Castille
- Sancho, Count of Provence, Count of Provence
- Sancho II Sánchez of Gascony, French noble
- Sancho VI William of Gascony, French noble
- Sancho I of Gascony, Duke of Gascony
- Sancho IV Garcés of Gascony, French noble
- Sancho V Sánchez of Gascony, 961
- Sancho of Castile, (1233-1261)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.