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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Quentin

masc. proper name, from French, from Latin Quin(c)tianus, from quintus "the fifth." Roman children in large families often were named for their birth order (compare Sextius; also see Octavian). "[P]opular in France from the cult of St Quentin of Amiens, and brought to England by the Normans" ["Dictionary of English Surnames"], but the popular English form as a surname was Quinton.

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Quentin, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 529
Housing Units (2000): 235
Land area (2000): 0.621899 sq. miles (1.610712 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.621899 sq. miles (1.610712 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63160
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.279788 N, 76.436488 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Quentin

Quentin is a French male given name from the Latin first name Quintinus, diminutive form of Quintus, that means "the fifth".

Quentin (disambiguation)

Quentin is a primarily male given name.

Quentin or Quentins may also refer to:

  • Quentin (surname)
  • HMS Quentin (G78), a Second World War destroyer
  • Quentin, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
  • Quentins, a 2002 novel by Maeve Binchy
Quentin (surname)

Quentin is a surname which may refer to:

  • Carlos Quentin (born 1982), American Major League Baseball player
  • Caroline Quentin (born 1960), English actress
  • RenĂ©-Pierre Quentin (born 1943), Swiss former footballer

Usage examples of "quentin".

Listening to the speech from the bridge of his own ballista, Primero Quentin Butler nodded.

She had been aware for some time that the existing reserve fund being used by Childers Quentin for Montayne settlements was almost exhausted.

For Peter Quentin and Hoppy Uniatz and Pargo and the girl whose life might be worth no more than theirs now that she also knew too much, the Saint struck like a blacksmith, knowing that if he failed to connect completely with one punch he would have no chance to throw in a second.

Quentin road and about half a mile along it they reached Roupy with its destroyed cross-roads and proceeded towards a point near Savy where the Battalion deployed, and attacking at 5 a.

Richard finds Jenny Shimuzu but not Scott Bakula and Chloe is surrounded by Roy Liebenthal, Eric Goode, Quentin Tarantino, Kato Kaelin and Baxter Priestly, who is sitting way too close to her in the giant aquamarine booth and I have to put a stop to this or else deal with an unbelievably painful headache.

Theido rode ahead on his quick, brown palfrey and Quentin, astride the mighty Balder, followed not far behind at his right shoulder.

Quentin let Balder have his head and allowed his mind to wander where it would.

Now, looking out at the calm Caladan seas and watching the boats return from a day of harvesting kelp and fat butterfish, Vor sat with his eager young adjutant, Abulurd Butler, youngest son of Quentin Vigar and Wandra Butler.

Caladan seas and watching the boats return from a day of harvesting kelp and fat butterfish, Vor sat with his eager young adjutant, Abulurd Butler, youngest son of Quentin Vigar and Wandra Butler.

One was in connection with a couple of murdered prostitutes in Compton that dated back to 1992, but Nicholas Chito was serving twenty-five years to life in San Quentin for that.

Quentin que la perspective de pouvoir entrer librement dans ce jardin.

Commander Quentin was staring at was no longer filled with discrete little red dots but rather with large circles.

Quentin did not know for certain they were in any specific sort of trouble at the moment, but he could not have been closer to the truth.

The Titans used the technique as an easy, nondestructive method of shutting Quentin down whenever he grew too unruly.

Of the fates of Quentin, Panax, Ahren Elessedil, and Ard Patrinell, he could not be certain.