What is the name meaning of QUIN. Phrases containing QUIN
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QUIN
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English
English : metonymic from the Middle English female personal name Quenilda, Old English Cwēnhild ‘woman-war’.In some instances, it may be an altered spelling of the French family name Quinel, which is from an aphetic pet form of the personal name Jacques, French form of Jack.
Girl/Female
Indian
Quintessence of fire
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English
English : probably a topographic name for someone who lived by a quince tree or a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of quinces, from Middle English, Old French cooin ‘quince’.
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Shakespearean
A Midsummer Night's Dream' Quince, a carpenter, acts as Prologue in the play within the play.
Male
English
Short form of English Quinton, QUIN means "fifth."
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English
English : variant spelling of Quincy.
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English
English : habitational name from any of the places, for example in Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, and Birmingham, named in Old English as cwēn tūn, from Old English as ‘the queen’s settlement’. Compare Kingston.English : from the Old French personal name Quentin, Quintin (see Quintin).English : habitational name from any of the places in northern France named for St. Quentin of Amiens, a 3rd- century Roman missionary to Gaul, for example Saint-Quentin in La Manche or Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont in Somme, the site of his martyrdom.
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English
English : from the personal name Horace, Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin, associated chiefly with the name of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 bc).
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English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : nickname from Old French cointerel ‘beau’, ‘dandy’, ‘fop’.
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Muslim
Quintessence of fire
Female
English
Feminine form of English Quintin, QUINTA means "fifth."
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of several places in France deriving their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name Quintus, meaning ‘fifth(-born)’ + the locative suffix -acum. The earliest bearers of the name in England were from Cuinchy in Pas-de-Calais, but other stocks may be from Quincy-sous-Sénard in Seine-et-Oise or Quincy-Voisins in Seine-et-Marne.The American Quincy family were established in MA by Edmund Quincy in 1633. Fifth in descent was Josiah Quincy (1744–75), a leading patriot, who was sent to England to argue the colonists’ case in 1774. His son Josiah (1772–1864) was a powerful opponent of slavery, president of Harvard, and mayor of Boston, a post also held by several of his descendants. The traditional pronunciation is “Quinzyâ€.
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Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Form of Quintana
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Indian
Quintessence of fire
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Muslim
Quintessence of fire
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Quincy, QUINCEY means "fifth."
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Irish
A variant of the name ceann meaning “â€intelligent,â€â€ Quinn is the most common surname in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland and is increasingly used as a given name. As traditional quartermasters to the O’Neills, the kings of Ulster for over four centuries, Quinns were responsible for arms and provisions in both war and peace.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Norman baronial name Cuinchy, a derivative of Roman Quintus, QUINCY means "fifth."
Male
French
 Variant spelling of Old French Quentin, QUINTON means "fifth." Compare with another form of Quinton.
Male
French
Variant spelling of Old French Quentin, QUINTIN means "fifth."
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n.
See Quintain.
imp. & p. p.
of Quintuple
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Quintuple
a.
Alt. of Quinquelobared
n.
See Quintain.
n.
An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
a.
The same as Quinquenerved.
pl.
of Quinquevir
pl.
of Quinquevir
a.
Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla.
n.
A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
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Alt. of Quinquevalvular
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Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.
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Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
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Alt. of Quintette
a.
Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
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Same as Quinquelobate.
v. t.
To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
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Alt. of Quinquefoliated
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Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp.