Given name & surname

Quinnell

“woman who is queenly”·“one who provides counsel; an intelligent man”

Quinnell is a variant of Quinn. Interpretations include “woman who is queenly” (German) and “one who provides counsel; an intelligent man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Quinnell is a variant of Quinn. Interpretations include “woman who is queenly” (German) and “one who provides counsel; an intelligent man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Quinnell is a variant of Quinn. An origin associated with Quinn is German.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Old English Cwēnhild.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Quinnell through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2009
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Quinnell in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2009–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 568 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.

Quinnell’s family of names

Quinnell has a related form in Quinn.

Walk Quinnell’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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