Quinton: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KWIN-tuhn · 2 syllables

Quinton means “queen's town”, from Latin and English.

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

How popular is Quinton?

Quinton was the #973 name in the US in 2025, given to 235 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Quinton in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Quinton are older than 34; most are between 19 and 64. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Quinton means “queen's town”. It comes from Latin and English.

Quinton is pronounced KWIN-tuhn.

Quinton was the #973 name in the US in 2025, given to 235 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Quinton are older than 34. Most are between 19 and 64.