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.

# 676 in the US

Quincy Rank in US Top 1000

# 341 on Nameberry

Quincy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Quincy Popularity

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

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