Comments for the name Tarquin

If it is of Etruscan origin it's not pronounced tar-kwin - it'd be tar-keen or tar-koo-een because in Etruscan, the 'u' makes an 'oo' sound and the 'i' is pronounced like the 'i' in 'machine'. :)

Tarquin "Quinn" Blackwood - the vampire from the latest books of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, "Blackwood Farm" and "Blood Canticle".

Tarquin is the husband of Susan in the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella.

Call me crazy, but I think that this name would not look too bad on a female. Okay, maybe not on a child in modern day society, but maybe on a character. I certainly believe that if you spelt it a tad differently (eg: Tarquine) it would most definitely appear rather effeminate (though it may unfortunately alter the pronunciation a bit).

This is the name of the last prince of Rome and rapist of Lucretia, the daughter of a prominent man and wife of a governor. Lucretia's rape and subsequent suicide led to a revolt that brought about the end of the Roman monarchy and the beginning of a republic. This story was popularized in Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece".
Due to its historical context, not a great name for a child.

Tarquin (Tarkin) is also the name of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin in Star Wars, the Commander of the first Death Star.
Not really the greatest association.

This name is part of a gag in the book "I Am a Cat" by Soseki Natsume. The dialogue is:
Mrs Sneaze: "It seems there was in ancient Rome a king named Tarukin".
Waverhouse: "Tarukin? That name sounds odd in Japanese".
Mrs Sneaze: "I can never remember the names of foreigners. It's all too difficult. Maybe he was a barrel of gold. He was, at any rate, the seventh king of Rome".
The premise is that the name Tarquin in Japanese pronunciation sounds like "Tarukin" a combination of 樽 and 金, or "barrel of gold".