Quinn
Quinn is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Wise; chief counsel.
What Quinn means
Wise; chief counsel.
Quinn sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Quinn comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Quinn is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Quinn?
Quinn is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Quinn is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Quinn
We group Quinn under Wisdom. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Wisdom
Names like Quinn
These share Quinn's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Conn — Chief; high one.
- Senan — Little wise one.
- Tadhg — Poet and philosopher.
- Bodhi — Enlightenment, awakening.
- Daichi — Great land; great wisdom.
- Hugo — Mind, intellect, spirit.
- Idris — Ardent lord; interpreter.
- Kenji — Strong and wise.
- Osamu — Discipline, study.
- Satoshi — Wise, clear-thinking.
- Advait — Unique; non-dual.
- Alfie — Wise counsel; elf wisdom.