Comments for the name Quentin

A famous bearer is film director Quentin Tarantino.

Quentin Blake is a British cartoonist, known for illustrating the books by Roald Dahl.

In _The Sound and the Fury_ by William Faulkner, there are two characters named Quentin, one male and one female (the latter being named for the former).

Country singer Johnny Cash left a trademark singing to the prisoners of San Quentin Prison. The lyric goes "San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me!"

Quentin Roosevelt was the youngest, and by general consensus, the favourite son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Tragically he was killed at just 21 when the plane he was flying in WW1 was shot down.

Quentin derived from Ancient Roman Quintilius and Quintinus. I have also heard its English meaning is "From the Queens Estate."

Can anyone explain how Quentin could possibly mean 'The Queen's Estate', or even what 'The Queen's Estate' might mean: all her possessions? her home in the country?

Even though two words, like Quentin and queen, happen to start with the same letters, they are not necessarily related. This is depressing. There are so many online dictionaries available. Oh well.

Prince Quentin Kawananakoa is Prince of Hawaii.

The name Quintin and its variant Quentin were used historically by other name variants to name the fifth child or a child born during the fifth month. Basically anything with five. However back during Ancient Rome this name had popular variants. July was the fifth month of then. Now it is May. So Quentin has the meaning of Fifth. Also I heard it shares the meaning of The Queens Estate.

Quentin means "Fifth" not just the fifth child. In history Quintus and Quintilius were also used for a child born on the fifth month as well.

There was Saint Quentin.

Quinn makes for a good nickname for Quentin.

Quentin with the nickname Quinn. Prince Quinn was a character in the novel "The Playful Prince" by Michelle M. Pillow.

Quentin Collins was a really cute character on "Dark Shadows."

Quentin Collins was my all time favorite character from Dark Shadows. He was a really good looking werewolf.

I fell in love with this name when I was about 6 years old; what a wonderful name for a boy, which also is great when he grows up and gets old. A very strong, macho, but also youthful and positive name.

I hear it pronounced QUEN-tin and QUIN-tin. Cute name, my friend is named it. I call him Quen or Quent.

Quentin Jacobsen is the main character in the novel "Paper Towns" by John Green.

The French pronunciation given is incorrect. The first syllable should be "kawn," not "kwawn." [noted -ed]

Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (1910-96) was a painter, sculptor, potter and author.

Our first female, yes female Governor-General here in Australia is called Quentin Bryce. Before this event I never thought it could be a female name! Another famous bearer is Quentin Crisp.

Quentin P is the psychopathic protagonist in "Zombie" by Joyce Carol Oates.