Origin of the name Quentin:
From the Latin Quentīnus, a derivative of the Roman personal name Quintus, which is from the vocabulary word quintus (the fifth). The name was traditionally bestowed upon the fifth-born child.
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My brother's name is Quentin. We've always called him Quent. I really like the name. It's very different, but not at all odd. It's masculine and pretty on the tongue at the same time.
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Latin: "The fifth"
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Quentin Tarantino, film director
Quentin Blake, illustrator- Quentin in song, story & screen: | Edit
Quentin Jacobsen- novel Paper Towns by John Green.
Quentin Compson: Character in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom!
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Global Popularity of the Name Quentin
- #92 in Belgium
- #324 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #379 in United States
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