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And of course there's security researcher, Signal crypto designer, and former HN commenter, Moxie Marlinspike!

As a German, I have never heard that name, but your translation is about correct.

"Rat" as in "advice" is spelled with a T, but the name might be older than that spelling.

I found it here: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankred_(Vorname)

Apparently the name Tanqueray, like the gin brand, is related.

Names are fun!

Oh, so Tancred in English:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tancred

Yep, Dankrad is "thanks for the bike" :D

I dunno, seems like a plausible trans person name, since we get to pick our own. Also, their twitter profile currently indicates that they use they/them pronouns, not she/her.