187 Boy Names That Start With Q (with Meanings and Popularity)
Updated Sun Jan 19 2025
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Boy names that start with Q are certainly a quirky bunch! Only four Q-starting boy names currently rank in the US top 1000: Quinn, Quincy, Quinton, and Quentin.
Along with Quinn and Quinton, Arabic Qasim also ranks in the Top 1000 boy baby names in England and Wales.
If you want to break free of the Quin/Quen mold, there are plenty of cool Q boy baby names to consider: from mythological Qirin, to gemstone name Quartz, to quirky surname picks Quixley and Quigley.
Here, our full selection of boy names that start with Q, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Quinn
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of Conn, chief leader, intelligence"
- Quincy
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"estate of the fifth son"
- Quentin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fifth"
- Quill
Origin:
Irish, diminutive of Quillan or Quiller; also English word nameMeaning:
"lion, scribe, writer with a quill pen"
- Quinton
Origin:
English or LatinMeaning:
"queen's manor; fith"
- Quade
Origin:
Latin or Irish,Meaning:
"fourth, born fourth; son of Uaid"
- Quinlan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of Caoinlean, slender "
- Quay
Origin:
French word nameMeaning:
"wharf"
- Quillan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"cub, Leo"
- Quartz
Origin:
Mineral name
- Quimby
Origin:
Variation of Quenby, EnglishMeaning:
"queen's settlement"
- Quintus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fifth"
- Quan
- Quillon
Origin:
Latin or GreekMeaning:
"crossing swords; strong"
- Quintin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fifth"
- Quaid
- Quantum
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"amount; smallest possible discrete unit of any physical property"
- Quinten
- Quon
Origin:
ChineseMeaning:
"bright"
- Qhawe
Origin:
Xhosa and ZuluMeaning:
"hero"