Quentin
Quentin is a boy name of Latin origin, meaning The fifth-born.
What Quentin means
The fifth-born.
Quentin sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Quentin comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Quentin is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Quentin?
Quentin does not currently chart in the top 100 boy names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Quentin
Quentin sits in our the long-established classics group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Classic
Names like Quentin
These share Quentin's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Julian — Youthful; devoted to Jupiter.
- Quintus — The fifth-born.
- Roman — Citizen of Rome; strong.
- Augustine — Great and venerable.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Benedict — Blessed.
- Cassian — Of Cassius; an old Roman name.
- Cassius — Hollow; (later) clever.
- Crispin — Curly-haired.
- Fabian — Bean grower.
- Francis — Free one; Frenchman.