Given name
Quinita
“the fifth girl”·“queen's lawn”
Quinita is a variant of Quintana. Interpretations include “the fifth girl” and “queen's lawn”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Quinita is a variant of Quintana. Interpretations include “the fifth girl” and “queen's lawn”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Quinita is a variant of Quintana. Quintana has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Quinita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 117
- 0 boys · 117 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Quinita’s family of names
Quinita has a related form in Quintana.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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