Quinten

Where Quinten comes from

Quinten hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1466
    Quinten Metsys born
    Flemish painter
  2. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1998
    Peak, #673
    253 babies named Quinten — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2001
    Quinten Timber born
    Dutch footballer
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,420.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Quinten Metsys · Flemish painter, 1466–1530
  • Quinten Timber · Dutch footballer, born 2001
  • Quinten Hermans · Belgian cyclist, born 1995
  • Quinten Post · Dutch basketball player, born 2000
  • Quinten Hann · Australian pool and snooker player, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.