Quentin

Latin

"fifth"

Quentin Origin and Meaning

The name Quentin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "fifth".

Quentin, an offbeat name with lots of character, relates to the Latin for the number five and is by far the subtlest and most usable of the Latin birth-order names, masculine as well as stylish and distinctive. It was borne by a third-century saint and came to England with the Normans.

Sir Walter Scott wrote the novel Quentin Durward in 1823, about a young, upper-class Scotsman, and Quentin Compson is both a male and a female character in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Real-life bearers include movie director Quentin Tarantino; eccentric British author Quentin Crisp (born Denis); and Quentin Blake, illustrator of Roald Dahl books. Theodore Roosevelt had a son named Quentin.

Trivia tidbit: St. Quentin is the protector against coughs.

Quentin Rank in US Top 1000

# 768 in the US

Quentin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 597 on Nameberry

Quentin Popularity

• 768 US 2023
• 597 Nameberry 2024
• 820 Future 2028
• 967 England 2019
• 319 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Quentin

• Saint Quentin early Roman martyr
• Quentin Jerome Tarantino American film director
• Quentin Smith American philosopher
• Quentin Saxby Blake English illustrator
• Quentin Leo Cook aka Fatboy Slim English DJ and musician
• Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt) English writer and performer
• Quentin Matsys Flemish painter
• Quentin Northrup Burdick U.S. Senator from North Dakota
• Quentin Jammer American football player
• Quentin Moses American football player
• Quentin L. Richardson American basketball player
• Quentin Merabet French actor
• Quentin Elias singer of French boy band Alliage
• Quentin Mosimann Swiss DJ
• Quentin Roosevelt youngest son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
• Quentin Roosevelt II son of Ted Roosevelt; grandson of Theodore Roosevelt

Quentin in Pop Culture

• "Quentin Durward " novel by Sir Walter Scott and its main character
• Quentin Compson two characters in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury"
• Quintavius Quirinius "Quentin" Quire aka Kid Omega character in X,Men comics
• Quentin Turnbull character in DC comics
• Quentin Daniels character in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
• Quentin Coldwater main character in Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" trilogy
• Quentin Collins character in movie and TV series "Dark Shadows"
• Quentin Jacobsen character in John Green's "Paper Towns"
• Quentin Glass character in movie "The Punisher"
• Quentin Beck aka Mysterio character in Spider,Man comics
• Quentin Larry Lance detective on TV's "Arrow"
• Quentin Fields character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• Quentin Costa character on TV's Nip/Tuck
• Quentin Kirrin character in Enid Blyton's The Famous Five series
• Quentin Travers character on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Quentin character in Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies
• Quentin a cog in the Conker video game series
• San Quentin California, USA, small town known for its prison