Boy · Latin
Quintus
Say it: KWIN-tus
Meaning
Latin for 'fifth', originally given to a fifth child or son.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A regular Roman praenomen, abbreviated Q.; rarely used as a given name after antiquity.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 484 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 61,100 boys
- 23 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Quinto |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Quinto |
Famous bearers
- Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the poet Horace
- Quintus Fabius Maximus, Roman general
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.