Given name & surname
Quinton
“from the queen's town or settlement”
Quinton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the queen's town or settlement.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the queen's town or settlement.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Quinton has a related form in Quentin. The history of Quentin gives this family its wider story. Quentin’s historical associations include a 3rd-century saint.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Quinton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31,665
- 31,623 boys · 42 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 871 babies
- 2025
- 235
- #976 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 235 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 976 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 871 in 1996. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,799 as a first name in 2020; 3,019 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.
Quinton’s family of names
In English usage, Quinton has a diminutive in Quint. In English usage, Quinton shares an earlier linguistic root with Quentin. Quinton has a related form in Quintin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Quinton has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 24
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 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Laquintonrelated form
- Quintoequivalent
- Quintienequivalent
- Quintíequivalent
- Kwintynequivalent
- ΚοϊντίνοςGreek
- QuintinusGerman
- Quintianequivalent
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People named Quinton
- Quinton FortuneSouth African footballerborn 1977
- Quinton AaronAmerican actor (born 1984)
- Rampage JacksonAmerican mixed martial artist, actor and professional wrestlerborn 1978
- Quinton de KockSouth African cricketerborn 1992
- Quinton FlynnAmerican voice actorborn 1964
- Quinton HowdenCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1992
- Quinton HosleyAmerican basketball playerborn 1984
- Quinton ByfieldCanadian ice hockey playerborn 2002
- Quinton RossAmerican basketball player (born 1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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