Quinn

Irish

"descendant of Conn, chief leader, intelligence"

Quinn Origin and Meaning

The name Quinn is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "descendant of Conn, chief leader, intelligence".

Quinn is one of the first popular Irish unisex surnames, a strong and attractive choice on the rise for girls but still popular for boys. Quinn was used for about 3000 baby girls and 700 boys in the US last year.

Quinn is the Anglicized version of the Irish patronymic surname Ó Cuinn, meaning "descendent of Conn." Conn has two possible derivations—the Old Irish cond, meaning "intellect," or cenn, meaning "chief." One of the most notable Quinn clans was from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

Quinn started taking off for girls in the mid-nineties, possibly influenced by the popular show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Since then, there have been female Quinns on the animated MTV show Daria, on Zoey 101, and—most prominently—on Glee, featuring cute blond cheerleader character Quinn Fabray.

Some other, more unusual names with the Q-factor: Quincy, Quintina, Quintana, Quinta, Quilla--and, on a different note, Queenie.

Quinn Rank in US Top 1000

# 85 in the US

Quinn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 78 on Nameberry

Quinn Popularity

• 85 US 2023
• 78 Nameberry 2025
• 13 Unisex 2023
• 71 Canada 2023
• 35 Future 2028
• 238 England 2023
• 90 Scotland 2023
• 89 Australia 2023
• 87 New Zealand 2024

20 Names Similar to Quinn

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Quinn.

• Harper
• Piper
• Wren
• Harlow
• Avery
• Finn
• Everly
• Rowan
• Willow
• Nora
• Sloane
• Finley
• Emerson
• Ivy
• Hadley
• Hazel
• Scarlett
• Quinn
• Maeve
• Sawyer

Famous People Named Quinn

• Quinn Louise Cummings American actress
• Quinn Norton American journalist, photographer and blogger
• Quinn Shephard American actress
• Quinn Kay Culkin sister of American actor Macaulay Culkin
• Quinn Patricia Biggio daughter of baseball player Craig Biggio
• Quinn Elsa Darby (b. 2005) daughter of footballer Steve Darby
• (Frances) Quinn Hunter (b. 2008) daughter of politician John Edwards and Rielle Hunter
• Quinn Ann Kenney (b. 2010) daughter of pro wrestler Simon Diamond
• Quinn Elle Bradley (b. 2014) daughter of soccer player Michael Bradley
• Quinn Palmer Every (b. 2014) daughter of golfer Matt Every
• Quinn Murphy (b. 2015) daughter of baseball player Daniel Murphy
• Quinn Lily Wolfeld Gosk (b. 2015), daughter of TV journalists Jenna Wolfe and Stephanie Gosk
• Quinn Sophie Arnold (b. 2015) daughter of actor Tom Arnold

Quinn in Pop Culture

• (Lucy) Quinn Fabray character on Fox's "Glee"
• Quinn Alexandra James Evans character on The CW's "One Tree Hill"
• Quinn Pensky character on Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101"
• Quinn Morgendorffer sister of Daria on MTV's "Daria"
• Quinn Garvey minor character on "How I Met Your Mother"
• Quinn Fuller character on CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful"
• Quinn Perkins character on ABC's "Scandal"
• Quinn orphan character in the movie "Santa Paws"
• Harley Quinn character in the Batman series