Quint

Where Quint comes from

The dictionaries list Quint as a given name — a diminutive of the male given names Quentin and Quinton — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1957
    Quint Buchholz born
    German author and illustrator
  2. 1959
    First appearance
    #3,290 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1964
    Peak, #806
    88 babies named Quint — more than any year before or since.
  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.