Quentin
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Name of a third century French martyr, from Latin Quintinus, derivative of the Roman praenomen Quintus, from quintus ("fifth"). It was brought to England by Normans, but never became particularly popular.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkwɛntn/
Proper noun [edit]
Quentin
- A male given name.
- 2003 Maeve Binchy, Quentins, Orion, ISBN 0752851659, page 79:
- Quentin Barry had always wished that he had been called Sean or Brian. It was hard to be called Quentin at a Christian Brothers school in the 1970s. But that was the name they had wanted, his beautiful mother Sara Barry had wanted, she who had always lived in a dream world far more elegant that the one she really lived in.
- 2003 Maeve Binchy, Quentins, Orion, ISBN 0752851659, page 79:
- A female given name occasionally used.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
male given name
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French [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Quentin
- A male given name of Latin origin; recently popular.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kɑ̃tɛ̃/
