Given name & surname
Quintus
“fifth”
Quintus is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “fifth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “fifth.”
Where it comes from
Quintus is a variant of Quinto. An origin associated with Quinto is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Quintus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 559
- 559 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,558 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,558 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 414 as a first name in 2020; 251 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.
Quintus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Quintus has a diminutive in Quintinus. In Latin usage, Quintus has a feminine form in Quinta. In Latin usage, Quintus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Donald.
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Around the world
Quintus has relatives in 4 languages.
7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Quincyderivative · English
- DonaldEnglish
- Quentinequivalent
- Quintinequivalent
- Quintafeminine form · Latin
- Quintienequivalent
- Квинтequivalent
- KwintusPolish
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See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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