Quinton is a place name, a surname or a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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The place name originates from
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
''cwen'' "queen" or ''cwene'' "woman" and ''tun'' "farmstead, estate".
The English surname and given name may originate from the English place name Quinton. The French surname ''Quinton''
ɛ̃tɔ̃is a common surname and a former given name. It is a variant form of ''Quenton''
ɑ̃tɔ̃ itself from ''
Quentin, Quintin'' with a usual replacement of the suffix ''-in'' (such as in the surnames ''Quintard, Quintier'') by ''-on'', suffix commonly used in the French given names (e. g. ''Marion, Yvon'') and surnames (e.g. ''Creton, Crinon, Bricon'', etc.)
Albert Dauzat
Albert Dauzat (; 4 July 1877 – 31 October 1955) was a French linguist specializing in toponymy and onomastics.
Dauzat, a student of Jules Gilliéron, was a director of studies at the École des hautes études.
Works
* ''L'argot des poilus; di ...
, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 502b and 503a.
Given name
Sports
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Quinton Andrews
Quinton Andrews (born June 23, 1987) is a former American football Safety (American football position), safety. He played college football at North Alabama Lions football, North Alabama. Andrews played the prior three years of his career at West ...
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Quinton Bell
Quinton Bell (born May 9, 1996) is an American football outside linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Prairie View A&M.
Professional career Oakland Raiders
Bell was drafted by the ...
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Quinton Bohanna
Quinton Bohanna (born March 16, 1999) is an American football defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected with the 192nd pick of the 2021 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kentucky.
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(born 1999), American football player
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Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
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Quinton Boatswain
Quinton Hubert Boatswain (born 16 October 1990) is a West Indian cricketer from Montserrat. Boatswain is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He is a member of the Leeward Islands cricket team.
Career
In January 2008, Mon ...
, Montserratian cricketer
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Quinton Ferrell
Quinton Ferrell (born September 29, 1985) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Presbyterian College.
Playing career
Farrell played basketball for Presbyterian from 2003–2007. A team captain his ...
, American basketball coach
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Quinton Flowers, American football player
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Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
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Quinton Hooker (born 1995), American basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
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Quinton Knight, American football player
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Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, American mixed martial artist
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Quinton Patton (born 1990), American football player
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Quinton Rose (born 1998), American basketball player
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Quinton Vershawn Thomas (born 1990), American Jam-skater
Others
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Quinton Flynn, American voice actor
Surname
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A. R. Quinton
Alfred Robert Quinton (28 October 1853 – 10 December 1934) was an English watercolour artist, known for his paintings of British villages and landscapes many of which were published as postcards.
Quinton was born in Peckham in London in ...
(1853–1934), English watercolour artist
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René Quinton (1866–1925), French naturalist and aviation pioneer
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Sophie Quinton (born 1976), French actress
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Anthony Quinton (1925–2010), British philosopher
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Harold Quinton (c. 1899–1969), American business executive
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English-language masculine given names
Given names originating from a surname