Quentin
From the Latin name Quintinus. Traditionally, it's the name given to the fifth born. Currently the 396th most popular name for boys (although I think it would make a nice girl's name, too) in the U.S., and had its peak in popularity in 1919, when it was 220th.
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| Quentin Roosevelt in his WWI plane. Source. |
Fictional Quentins: Quentin Kirrin (Enid Blyton's The Famous Five series), Quentin Travers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
My Quentins: I have one. He's the only Q-character I have, which is why he's here today. He's in Emilie's class, so he may get some air time later on.
Do you know a Quentin? Have you heard of any of the famous ones?
Sources:
Behind the Name
Baby Name Wizard
Wikipedia
6 comments:
Yes, I immediately thought of Uncle Quentin! :0)
I thought of Quentin Travers from Buffy and also Quentin Jacobson from John Green's novel "Paper Towns"
Great post.
Tarantino was the only one I have heard of before.
It's not a very common name but it's a good one so I'm surprised there aren't more around.
Hey Checky, nice to meet you.
Don't know any Quintens, but I know a couple of Quinns does that count. Cool name at any rate.
I named my son Quentin. I have always been fond of the name after Quentin Collins, a werewolf character from 'Dark Shadows' played by David Selby, and of course the great Quentin Tarentino. I'm also a big Star Trek fan, so we call him 'Q' after the character of Q, played by John de Lancie.
I named my son Quentin. I have always been fond of the name after Quentin Collins, a werewolf character from 'Dark Shadows' played by David Selby, and of course the great Quentin Tarentino. I'm also a big Star Trek fan, so we call him 'Q' after the character of Q, played by John de Lancie.
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