Quint

Where Quint comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Quint.

Quint through the years
  1. 1957
    Quint Buchholz born
    German author and illustrator
  2. 1959
    First appearance
    #3,290 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1964
    Peak, #806
    88 babies named Quint, the most in any year.
  4. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,450.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Quentin and Quinton
Namesakes
  • Quint Buchholz · German author and illustrator, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.