Quincy

Quin-see; Quin-zee

French

"estate of the fifth son"

Quincy Origin and Meaning

The name Quincy is a boy's name of French origin meaning "estate of the fifth son".

Quirky in the way that all Q names are quirky, Quincy was once a buttoned-up, patrician New England name, an image countered in recent years by the talented and ultracool musician Quincy Jones (middle name: Delight; nickname: Q).

Quincy's high point of popularity was in 1977, when it reached Number 273, but it still has a lot of energy--and not only for a fifth son. It's one of those golden names that, for boys, ranks steadily in the lower half of the Top 1000, getting neither too popular nor too unusual. The number of girls named Quincy is rising, but there are still two baby boys named Quincy for every girl.

It is the middle name of John Quincy Adams, the sixth U.S. President, who was named for his mother's maternal grandfather, Colonel John Quincy, after whom Quincy, Massachusetts, is named. Another association is the long-running TV show Quincy M.E.. Interesting fact: John Quincy Adams pronounced his name Quin-zee.

Quincy Rank in US Top 1000

# 676 in the US

Quincy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 279 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Quincy

• 676 US 2023
• 279 Nameberry 2025
• 105 Unisex 2023
• 666 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Quincy

• Quincy Cortez Miller American basketball player
• Quincy Delight Jones American record producer and musician
• Quincy Jyrome Acy American basketball player
• Quincy Coe Pondexter American basketball player
• Quincy Obinna Amarikwa American soccer player
• Quincy McDuffie American NFL player
• Quincy James Owusu Abeyie, Ghanaian footballer
• John Quincy Adams 6th President of the U.S.
• Quincy Brown American actor, son of singer Al B. Sure!; stepson of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs
• Quincy Johnson son of actor Rodney Van Johnson
• Quincy Carter (b. 2007) son of NFL player Andre Carter
• Quincy Morgan (b. 2013) son of actress Kim Fields and Christopher Morgan
• Spurgeon Elliot "Quincy" Seewald son of reality TV personalities Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald
• Quincy Matthew Hanley the rapper known as ScHoolboy Q
• Matthew Quincy Daddario American Actor
• Quincy Promes Dutch footballer

The name Quincy in Pop Culture

• Quincy Morris a cowboy from Texas in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
• Quincy Quincy narrator in "Confessions of a Spent Youth" by Vance Bourjaily
• "Quincy M.E. " TV series
• Quincy character on animated series "Little Einsteins"
• Quincy race in anime/manga "Bleach"
• Quincy McCall character from the movie "Love & Basketball"
• Quincy Quack character in the World of Webkinz