QUINCY  

Gender: M
Origin: French
Meaning: "estate of the fifth son"

Popularity in 2008: #513

Quirky in the way that all Q names are quirky, Quincy was once a buttoned-up, patrician New England name, an image countered in recent years by the talented and ultracool musician Quincy Jones (middle name: Delight; nickname: Q).

Variations:
Quinsy, Quinn, Quin, Quinzy, Quinnsy, Quince, Quency, Quinncy, Quinsey, Quincey

Quincy is being discussed in our message boards:

• Orphanage Game
• AB, BC, CD, DE, EF....BOYS
• What are some 'modern' baby girl names?
• The ABC's of Names I Love
• What names go with Zane and Drake?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Quincy:

• FAMILY NAMES: All-of-a-kind baby naming
• COMPLETE LIST OF CONTEST WINNERS
• BABY NAME TIMELINE
• Q BABY NAMES HAVE A HIGH 'Q' QUOTIENT
• NATIONAL PARK NAMES