Quentin
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About Quentin
Quentin, an offbeat name with lots of character, relates to the Latin for the number five and is by far the subtlest and most usable of the Latin birth-order names, masculine as well as stylish and distinctive. It was borne by a third-century saint and came to England with the Normans.
Sir Walter Scott wrote the novel Quentin Durward in 1823, about a young, upper-class Scotsman, and Quentin Compson is both a male and a female character in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Real-life bearers include movie director Quentin Tarantino; eccentric British author Quentin Crisp (born Denis); and Quentin Blake, illustrator of Roald Dahl books. Theodore Roosevelt had a son named Quentin.
Trivia tidbit: St. Quentin is the protector against coughs.
As of October 2026, Quentin ranked #968 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #220 in 1919, Nameberry popularity #630.
Editor's take: The name Quentin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "fifth".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #470 | 619 | 322.2 |
| 2015 | #484 | 616 | 321.4 |
| 2016 | #484 | 635 | 334.6 |
| 2017 | #540 | 526 | 284.2 |
| 2018 | #543 | 519 | 285.8 |
| 2019 | #591 | 468 | 260.8 |
| 2020 | #533 | 528 | 305.9 |
| 2021 | #539 | 546 | 312.1 |
| 2022 | #654 | 420 | 240.5 |
| 2023 | #769 | 335 | 195.8 |
| 2024 | #788 | 318 | 184.6 |
| 2025 | #968 | 238 | 139.3 |
World rankings
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Famous Quentins
- Saint Quentin
early Roman martyr
- Quentin Jerome Tarantino
American film director
- Quentin Smith
American philosopher
- Quentin Saxby Blake
English illustrator
- Quentin Leo Cook aka Fatboy Slim
English DJ and musician
- Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt)
English writer and performer
- Quentin Matsys
Flemish painter
- Quentin Northrup Burdick
U.S. Senator from North Dakota
- Quentin Jammer
American football player
- Quentin Moses
American football player
- Quentin L. Richardson
American basketball player
- Quentin Merabet
French actor
- Quentin Elias
singer of French boy band Alliage
- Quentin Mosimann
Swiss DJ
- Quentin Roosevelt
youngest son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
- Quentin Roosevelt II
son of Ted Roosevelt; grandson of Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin in pop culture
- "Quentin Durward
" novel by Sir Walter Scott and its main character
- Quentin Compson
two characters in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury"
- Quintavius Quirinius "Quentin" Quire aka Kid Omega
character in X,Men comics
- Quentin Turnbull
character in DC comics
- Quentin Daniels
character in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
- Quentin Coldwater
main character in Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" trilogy
- Quentin Collins
character in movie and TV series "Dark Shadows"
- Quentin Jacobsen
character in John Green's "Paper Towns"
- Quentin Glass
character in movie "The Punisher"
- Quentin Beck aka Mysterio
character in Spider,Man comics
- Quentin Larry Lance
detective on TV's "Arrow"
- Quentin Fields
character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- Quentin Costa
character on TV's Nip/Tuck
- Quentin Kirrin
character in Enid Blyton's The Famous Five series
- Quentin Travers
character on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Quentin
character in Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies
- Quentin
a cog in the Conker video game series
- San Quentin
California, USA, small town known for its prison
Variations & nicknames
- CaointeanScottish Gaelic
- CaoidheanScottish Gaelic
- QuentilienFrench
- QuintienFrench
- QuitoSpanish
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