Given name
Quirinus
“one who wields a spear”
Quirinus is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
Quirinus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Quirinus has a conventional equivalent in the French form Quirin. Quirinus has a related form in Quirinius. Quirinus has a related form in Quirinos.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Quirinus
- Quirinus of SesciaBishop, martyr and saint300–309
- Quirinus KuhlmannGerman poet and mystic (1651-1689)
- Quirinus HarderDutch architect (1801–1880)
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