411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Quentin
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
From en fro -. The name of a third century French martyr, from en la Quīntīnus, a derivative of the Roman praenomen la Quīntus, from la quīntus fifth. It was brought to England by the Normans, but never became particularly popular. Compare en Quinton 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkwɛntɪn/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quentin.wav Southern England
en Eng-midwest-pancake-quentin.ogg GenAm
Proper noun
en male Latin.
en 2003 w:Maeve Binchy Quentins Orion 0752851659 79 Quentin Barry had always wished that he had been called Sean or Brian. It was hard to be called Quentin at a Christian Brothers school in the 1970s. But that was the name they had wanted, his beautiful mother Sara Barry had wanted, she who had always lived in a dream world far more elegant that the one she really lived in.
en w:BBC Hugh Schofield Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv61zv534eo 2026-02-21 The question is inescapable following the killing in Lyon of nationalist student Quentin Deranque by suspected far-left militants. https://web.archive.org/web/20260222021311/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv61zv534eo
en female Latin occasionally used.
en.
Derived terms
en Saint-Quentin from French
Related terms
diminutives Quint
en Quintin
Translations
male given name
Basque: eu Kindin
Breton: br Kentin
Catalan: ca Quintí
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 昆廷
Mandarin: cmn 昆廷 Kūntíng
Corsican: co Quintinu
Dutch: nl Quinten
French: fr Quentin m
German: de Quintin m, de Quentin m
Greek: el Κοϊντίνος m
Hindi: hi क्वेंटिन m
Italian: it Quintino m
Japanese: ja クエンティン Kuentin, ja カンタン Kantan
Korean: ko ^퀜틴
Latin: la Quintinus m
Lithuanian: lt Kventinas
Marathi: mr क्वेन्टिन m
Occitan: oc Quentin m
Picard: pcd Kintin
Polish: pl Kwintyn m
Portuguese: pt Quintino m
Russian: ru Квинтин
Scottish Gaelic: gd Caointean m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Kvintin m
Slovak: sk Quintin
Spanish: es Quintín m
Swedish: sv Qvintin m, sv Qvintinus m
Ukrainian: uk Кве́нтін m
Anagrams
en einnqtu quinnet
en unisex given names
French
Etymology
fr :inh la:Quīntīnus
From fr la Quīntīnus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
fr male Latin; recently popular
Anagrams
fr niquent
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Quentin + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl male English < Old French