Given name & surname
Quincey
“the fifth-born child”
Quincey is a variant of Quincy. Interpretations include “the fifth-born child” (English) and “the fifth-born child; from the fifth son's estate” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Quincey is a variant of Quincy. Interpretations include “the fifth-born child” (English) and “the fifth-born child; from the fifth son's estate” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Quincey is a variant of Quincy. An origin associated with Quincy is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Quincey is a variant of Quincy. The history of Quincy gives this family its wider story. Quincy’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Quincey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,713
- 1,927 boys · 786 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 71 babies
- 2025
- 61
- #3,891 for girls · #4,500 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 51% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,891 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 23 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,958 as a first name in 2020; 268 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Quincey’s family of names
Quincey has a related form in Quincy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Quincey
Characters named Quincey: Quincey Morris (fictional human from Bram Stoker's Dracula).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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