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Baby Names Starting
with
Q
QUENNEL: Old French
for "dweller by the oak tree." This is not to be
confused with the poached dumpling, "quenelle."
Namesake: Peter Quennel.
QUENTIN: Latin for
"fifth child" and from the Old English for
"from the queen's land." William Faulkner
immortalized this name in his novel The Sound and the
Fury. And Loni Anderson and Burt Reynolds selected Quintin
for the name of their baby. Relatives: Quenten, Quenton,
Quintin, Quinton, Quent, Quint, Quintilian, Quintus.
Namesakes: Saint Quentin, Quentin Crisp, Quentin Compson,
Quentin Durward.
QUINCY: From the Old
French for "dweller on the fifth son's estate."
Relatives: Quince, Quincey, Quin. Namesakes: Quincy Jones,
John Quincy Adams.
QUINLAN: Irish
Gaelic for "muscular." Ideal for a future
bodybuilder. Relatives: Quinlan, Quinlyn, Quin.
QUINN: Irish Gaelic
for "wise" or "queen." A unique choice
for a boy or girl. Relatives: Quin, Quinton, Cuin, Quillan.
Namesakes: Quinn Cummings, Quinn Buckner, Anthony Quinn.
QUINTA: Latin for
"fifth-born daughter." Relatives: Quin,
Quintilla, Quintelle.
~ THE BEST NAME FOR
YOUR BABY: A CREATIVE GUIDE TO PROPER NAMES, by Barbara
Binswanger and Lisbeth Mark. Henry Holt and Co., New York,
1990. |
