Given name
Quintessa
“of the essence”
Quintessa is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “of the essence.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “of the essence.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Quintessa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 426
- 0 boys · 426 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 346 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.
Quintessa’s family of names
Quintessa has a related form in Quintesa. Quintessa has a related form in Quintesha. Quintessa has a related form in Quintessah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Quintishavariant
- Quinteshavariant
- Quintesavariant
- Quinntessalikely variant
- Quyntessevariant
- Quinticevariant
- Quintessevariant
- Quinticiavariant
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