Quinton (name)
Quinton is either a surname or a masculine given name.
The English surname and given name may refer to the place name Quinton, from Old English cwen "queen" or cwene "woman" and tun "farmstead, estate".[1][2] The French surname Quinton [kɛ̃tɔ̃] is a common surname[3] and a former given name. It is a variant form of Quenton [kɑ̃tɔ̃], itself from Quentin, Quintin with the usual replacement of the suffix -in (such as in the surnames Quintard, Quintier) by -on, commonly used in the French given names (e. g. Marion, Yvon) and surnames (e.g. Creton, Crinon, Bricon, etc.)[4]
Given name
[edit]Sports
[edit]- Quinton Andrews, American football player
- Quinton Bell, American football player
- Quinton Bohanna (born 1999), American football player
- Quinton Byfield (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player
- Quinton Cooley (born 2001), American football player
- Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
- Quinton Boatswain, Montserratian cricketer
- Quinton Ferrell, American basketball coach
- Quinton Flowers, American football player
- Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
- Quinton Hooker (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Quinton Knight, American football player
- Quinton Newsome (born 2001), American football player
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, American mixed martial artist
- Quinton Patton (born 1990), American football player
- Quinton Rose (born 1998), American basketball player
Others
[edit]- Quinton Flynn, American voice actor
- Quinton Kyle Hoover (born 1996), American YouTuber
- Quinton Jones, American actor[5]
Surname
[edit]- A. R. Quinton (1853–1934), English watercolour artist
- René Quinton (1866–1925), French naturalist and aviation pioneer
- Sophie Quinton (born 1976), French actress
- Anthony Quinton (1925–2010), British philosopher
- Harold Quinton (c. 1899–1969), American business executive
- John Quinton (1921–1951), RAF Navigator
References
[edit]- ^ Chinn, Carl. "Our Patron". Quinton Local History Society. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Quinton Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ repartition of the birth with the surname "Quinton" in France, before WWI
- ^ Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 502b and 503a.
- ^ "Quinton Jones | Actor". IMDb.
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