Tanguy
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Tanguy is the French spelling of Breton given name Tangi, from tan, fire, and ki, dog. It is both a given name and a patronym.
People
It was the name of Saint Tangi and many other Bretons.
- Tanguy Malmanche (1875–1953), Breton writer
France
It became given mostly in France and Belgium from 1980.
Patronyms
- Yves Tanguy (1900–1955), surrealist painter
Books and films
- Tanguy (novel), a French novel by Michel del Castillo
- Tangi Kerviler, a Breton novel by Roparz Hemon
- Tanguy (film) a 2001 French black comedy film
Comics
- Tanguy et Laverdure, a French comic about two air force pilots