English · Boy name
Quinton
“queen's settlement”
About the name Quinton
Quinton comes from an English surname taken from several place names formed from Old English cwen, ‘queen’, and tun, ‘settlement’. It is also used as a spelling of Quentin, which goes back to the Latin Quintinus, derived from quintus, ‘fifth’. Bearers include the South African cricketer Quinton de Kock and the American mixed martial artist Quinton Jackson. The film director Quentin Tarantino uses the Quentin spelling.
- Meaning
- queen's settlement
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- KWIN-ton(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Quinton
- Quinton James
- Quinton Michael
- Quinton Alexander
- Quinton Joseph
- Quinton Thomas
Questions about Quinton
- What does Quinton mean?
- Quinton is an English name meaning "queen's settlement".
- How do you pronounce Quinton?
- Quinton is pronounced KWIN-ton, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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