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Quinn
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English
Etymology
The surname is en ga Ó Coinn descendant of Chief 1.
Pronunciation
en /kwɪn/ [kʰw̥ɪn]
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quinn.wav Southern England
en ɪn 1
en quin
Proper noun
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en Irish.
en Harmeet Kaur How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/us/gamergate-harassment-reddit-twitter-cec/index.html 2025-03-23 But the ex-boyfriend’s rant quickly attracted the attention of online forum 4chan users, who seized on the alleged relationship between Quinn and the Kotaku writer. https://web.archive.org/web/20260216152453/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/us/gamergate-harassment-reddit-twitter-cec/index.html 16 February 2026
en male surnames.
en female surnames occasional 1990s and later.
en 2011 David Mansour From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century As a junior at Lawndale High School, Daria isn't popular (unlike the shallow Quinn, whom others adore), but she actually prefers not to be popular.
en unincorporated community co/Caldwell County s/Kentucky.
en ghost town co/Macomb County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community co/Putnam County s/Missouri.
en tiny town co/Pennington County s/South Dakota.
Derived terms
en Quinny Quinnspiracy Peccei-Quinn theory
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Quinn is the 422nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 76,986 individuals. Quinn is most common among White (86.2%) individuals.
See also
en Quinne
en unisex given names