Quinton

Where Quinton comes from

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".
— Wiktionary's entry for Quinton
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,130 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Quinton Fortune born
    South African footballer
  3. 1984
    Quinton Aaron born
    American actor
  4. 1990
    Peak, #296
    852 babies named Quinton — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #675.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Quinton Fortune · South African footballer, born 1977
  • Quinton Aaron · American actor, born 1984
  • Quinton Jackson · American mixed martial artist, actor and professional wrestler, born 1978
  • Quinton de Kock · South African cricketer, born 1992
  • Quinton Flynn · American voice actor, born 1964

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.