Quentin
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| Quentin | |
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| Pronunciation | English: /ˈkwɛntn/ French: [kɑ̃tɛ̃] |
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | French, English |
| Name day | October 31 |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Word/Name | Quintinus |
| Derivation | quintus |
| Meaning | "fifth" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Quintin |
| Short form(s) | Q, Quent, Quin, Quinn, Quint |
| Related names | see below |
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Quentin (Latin Quintinus, from Quintus) is a Latin-derived male (and occasionally, female) given name meaning "the fifth".
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[edit] In other languages
| Basque | Kindin |
| Breton | Kentin |
| Cantonese | 昆廷 (Kwan-ting) |
| Catalan | Quintí |
| Corsican | Quintinu |
| Dutch | Quintijn, Quentijn, Quinten |
| Flemish | Kwinten, Quinten |
| French | Quentin |
| German | Quintin |
| Greek | Κοϊντίνος (Koïntínos) |
| Italian | Quintino |
| Japanese | クエンティン (Kuentin), カンタン (Kantan) |
| Korean | 퀜틴 (Kwen-tin) |
| Latin | Quintinus |
| Lithuanian | Kventinas |
| Mandarin | 昆廷 (Kūntíng), 康坦 (Kāngtǎn) |
| Picard | Kintin, Quintin |
| Polish | Kwintyn |
| Portuguese | Quintino |
| Russian | Квинтин (Kvintin) |
| Scottish Gaelic | Caointean |
| Serbo-Croatian | Kvintin |
| Slovak | Quintin |
| Spanish | Quintín |
| Swedish | Qvintinus |
[edit] People
People commonly known solely as Quentin include:
- Saint Quentin
- Quentin Blake, illustrator, famous for illustrating for Roald Dahl books
- Quentin Bryce, Australia's first female Governor-General
- Quentin Chong (a.k.a. Quentin 'tiny' Chong), Chinese South African martial artist, two-time World Muay Thai Champion
- Quentin Leo Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), British musician
- Quentin Crisp, openly gay author and social critic
- Quentin Dean, American actress
- Quentin Dupieux (a.k.a. Mr. Oizo), French musician, music producer and film director
- Quentin Elias, French singer and gay pornographic actor
- Quentin Hubbard, son of the founder of the Church of Scientology
- Quentin Jammer, American professional National Football League football player
- Quentin Keynes, British explorer and bibliophile
- Maurice Quentin de La Tour, French portraitist
- Quentin Lee, Hong Kong director
- Quentin Meillassoux, French philosopher
- Quentin Moses, American football player
- Quentin Mosimann, French-Swiss singer-DJ
- Quentin Richardson, American professional National Basketball Association basketball player
- Quentin Roosevelt, son of 26th President Theodore Roosevelt, Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps, killed in action during World War I in 1918
- Quentin Roosevelt II, son of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Major in the United States Army and vice president of China National Aviation Corp, killed in a plane crash in 1948
- Quentin Selva, French handball player, currently in BM Alcobendas (Spain) in first division
- Quentin Shih (Chinese: 时晓凡; pinyin: Shí Xiǎofán), Chinese photographer
- Quentin Smith, American philosopher
- Quentin Tarantino, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor
- Quentin Willson, British TV presenter and motoring journalist
[edit] Fiction
- Quentin Beck, a.k.a. Mysterio, a supervillain, enemy of Spider-Man
- Quentin Collins, a main character on the ABC soap opera Dark Shadows
- Quentin Compson, a main character in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom!; also the name of that character's niece.
- Quentin Costa, a character in Nip/Tuck
- Quentin Durward, a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI
- Quentin Kirrin, Uncle Quentin from Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (series)
- Quentin Travers, leader of the Watchers' Council on the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Quentin, a character in Edward Gorey's poem, "Q is for Quentin who sunk in a mire"
- Quentin, a cog in the Conker series also known as Carl
- Quentin, a character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
[edit] Places
Places commonly known as Quentin include:
- Quentin, Pennsylvania
- San Quentin, California
- Many French towns are called Saint-Quentin
[edit] Other
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with "Quentin"
- Battle of St. Quentin (disambiguation)
- Saint Quentin
- San Quentin State Prison
- San Quintin (disambiguation)
- Quintino
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