Quentin
| Quentin |
| Pronunciation |
English: /ˈkwɛntn/
French: [kɑ̃tɛ̃] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Language(s) |
French, English |
| Name day |
October 31 |
| Origin |
| Language(s) |
Latin |
| Word/Name |
Quintinus |
| Derivation |
quintus |
| Meaning |
"fifth" |
| Other names |
| Variant form(s) |
Quintin |
| Short form(s) |
Q, Quent, Quin, Quinn, Quint |
| Related names |
see below |
Quentin (Latin Quintinus, from Quintus) is a Latin-derived male (and occasionally, female) given name meaning "the fifth".
In other languages
People
People commonly known solely as Quentin include:
- Saint Quentin
- Quentin Blake, illustrator, famous for illustrating for Roald Dahl books
- Quentin Bryce, Australia's first female Governor-General
- Quentin Chong (a.k.a. Quentin 'Dragon' Chong), Chinese South African martial artist, two-time World Muay Thai Champion
- Quentin Leo Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), British musician
- Quentin Crisp, openly gay author and social critic
- Quentin Dean, American actress
- Quentin Dupieux (a.k.a. Mr. Oizo), French musician, music producer and film director
- Quentin Elias, French singer and gay pornographic actor
- Quentin Hubbard, son of the founder of the Church of Scientology
- Quentin Jammer, American professional National Football League football player
- Quentin Keynes, British explorer and bibliophile
- Maurice Quentin de La Tour, French portraitist
- Quentin Lee, Hong Kong director
- Quentin Meillassoux, French philosopher
- Quentin Moses, American football player
- Quentin Mosimann, French-Swiss singer-DJ
- Quentin Richardson, American professional National Basketball Association basketball player
- Quentin Roosevelt, son of 26th President Theodore Roosevelt, Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps, killed in action during World War I in 1918
- Quentin Roosevelt II, son of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Major in the United States Army and vice president of China National Aviation Corp, killed in a plane crash in 1948
- Quentin Selva, French handball player, currently in BM Alcobendas (Spain) in first division
- Quentin Shih (Chinese: 时晓凡; pinyin: Shí Xiǎofán), Chinese photographer
- Quentin Smith, American philosopher
- Quentin Tarantino, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor
- Quentin Willson, British TV presenter and motoring journalist
Fiction
- Quentin Beck, a.k.a. Mysterio, a supervillain, enemy of Spider-Man
- Quentin Collins, a main character on the ABC soap opera Dark Shadows
- Quentin Compson, a main character in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom!; also the name of that character's niece.
- Quentin Costa, a character in Nip/Tuck
- Quentin Durward, a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI
- Quentin Kirrin, Uncle Quentin from Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (series)
- Quentin Travers, leader of the Watchers' Council on the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Quentin, a character in Edward Gorey's poem, "Q is for Quentin who sunk in a mire"
- Quentin, a cog in the Conker series also known as Carl
- Quentin, a character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Places
Places commonly known as Quentin include:
Other
See also