Given name & surname · also Latin
Quintana
“the fifth girl”·“queen's lawn”
Quintana is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “the fifth girl” and “queen's lawn”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “the fifth girl” and “queen's lawn”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
How it developed
From Romance Quintana, from Spanish Quintana, from Portuguese Quintana.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Quintana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 202
- 0 boys · 202 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 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 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 243 as a first name in 2020; 36,441 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.
Quintana’s family of names
Quintana has a related form in Quintina. Quintana has a related form in Quinetta. Quintana has a related form in Quinta.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 22
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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