Given name & surname
Tarquin
“one who is impulsive”·“a king”
Tarquin is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is impulsive” (Latin) and “a king” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is impulsive” (Latin) and “a king” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
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 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tarquin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 66 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 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 boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 175 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.
Tarquin’s family of names
Tarquin has a related form in Targuinne. Tarquin has a related form in Targuyn. Tarquin has a related form in Tarquen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tarquinusvariant
- Tarquinovariant
- Tarquiniusvariant
- Tarquennevariant
- Tarquennvariant
- Tarquynnevariant
- Tarquynnvariant
- Targuynvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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