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Quinten Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Quinten

Pronunciation: KWINT-en

Meaning Fifth Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#2,205
TREND
158
Peak Years
2000, 1998, 1996
Lowest Years
1913, 1944, 1954
Energy Archetype
Perceptive & Mysterious

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Quinten in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Quinten

  • More than 8 thousand babies named Quinten: U.S. records list 8,099 babies given the name Quinten from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Quinten Mean?

Quinten is a variant of the name Quentin, which comes from the Latin Quintinus, a derivative of the Roman given name Quintus. Quintus means "fifth," and the ending -inus gives the sense of "little Quintus" or "of Quintus." The literal meaning is therefore "fifth"; Roman writers linked the name to a fifth-born child, though that birth-order custom is a traditional explanation rather than a firmly documented rule.

Quinten Name History & Origins

The root is the Latin praenomen Quintus, in use at Rome by the early Republic, from which the derived personal name Quintinus developed. That form entered Christian use through Saint Quentin, a Roman missionary said to have been martyred in the late third century near what is now Amiens in northern Gaul. A town, Saint-Quentin, grew around his shrine, and devotion to the saint made the name familiar in medieval France as Quentin and Quintin.

French influence carried the name to England, where Quentin appears in medieval records. It also passed into the Low Countries, where Quinten became the standard Dutch spelling; the same form is used in Dutch-speaking Belgium. English speakers generally treat Quinten as a spelling variant of Quentin, while in the Netherlands Quinten stands on its own alongside the related forms Kwinten and Quinten.

How Popular is the Name Quinten?

Quinten recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2000. Its best rank was #676 in 1996.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Quinten Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You have a fine mind, and you like to talk. A relationship with unknown forces gives you secret strength and an air of mystery. You are deep. You seems to know what people think. You are diplomatic and know how to keep secrets. You attract money. You can be very unusual in habits and interests. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.

You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.

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