Quentin

English

Etymology

From Old French. The name of a third century French martyr, from Latin Quīntīnus, a derivative of the Roman praenomen Quīntus, from quīntus (“fifth”). It was brought to England by the Normans, but never became particularly popular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛntɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Quentin

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 2003, Maeve Binchy, Quentins, Orion, →ISBN, page 79:

     Quentin Barry had always wished that he had been called Sean or Brian. It was hard to be called Quentin at a Christian Brothers school in the 1970s. But that was the name they had wanted, his beautiful mother Sara Barry had wanted, she who had always lived in a dream world far more elegant that the one she really lived in.

2. A female given name from Latin occasionally used.

Derived terms

• Saint-Quentin (from French)

Related terms

• (diminutives): Quint
• Quintin

Translations

male given name

• Basque: Kindin
• Breton: Kentin
• Catalan: Quintí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 昆廷

  Mandarin: 昆廷 (zh) (Kūntíng)

• Corsican: Quintinu
• Dutch: Quinten (nl)
• French: Quentin (fr) m
• German: Quintin m
• Greek: Κοϊντίνος (el) m (Koïntínos)
• Italian: Quintino m
• Japanese: クエンティン (Kuentin), カンタン (ja) (Kantan)
• Korean: 퀜틴 (Kwentin)
• Latin: Quintinus m
• Lithuanian: Kventinas
• Marathi: क्वेन्टिन m (kvenṭin)
• Occitan: Quentin m
• Picard: Kintin
• Polish: Kwintyn m
• Portuguese: Quintino (pt) m
• Russian: Квинтин (Kvintin)
• Scottish Gaelic: Caointean m
• Serbo-Croatian: Kvintin m
• Slovak: Quintin
• Spanish: Quintín (es) m
• Swedish: Qvintin m, Qvintinus m
• Ukrainian: Кве́нтін m (Kvéntin)

Anagrams

• quinnet

French

Etymology

From Latin Quīntīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.tɛ̃/

Proper noun

Quentin m

1. a male given name from Latin; recently popular

Anagrams

• niquent