Quentin
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Quentin
- /ˈkwɛntɪn/
Where it comes from
From Old French. The name of a third century French martyr, from Latin Quīntīnus, a derivative of the Roman praenomen Quīntus, from quīntus (“fifth”). It was brought to England by the Normans, but never became particularly popular. Compare Quinton.
proper noun
- A male given name from Latin. 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
- A female given name from Latin occasionally used.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pizza, yvelines, saint-quentin, baxter, quint, quinton, quintin, quinten, quenton, quintus, quintilian, quin, quinto, quintino, quintyne, quent
Translations
Talk about this word "Quentin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quentin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Quentin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/quentin "Quentin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quentin.Cite this
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title = {Quentin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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