quentin

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Definition of quentin in English English dictionary

A male given name

Quentin Barry had always wished that he had been called Sean or Brian. It was hard to be called Quentin at a Christian Brothers school in the 1970s. But that was the name they had wanted, his beautiful mother Sara Barry had wanted, she who had always lived in a dream world far more elegant that the one she really lived in.

{i} male first name

brought to England by Normans but never popular

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San Quentin

a large prison in the town of San Quentin, in California, US

Hyphenation

Quen·tin

Turkish pronunciation

kwentîn

Pronunciation

/ˈkwentən/ /ˈkwɛntɪn/

Etymology

() Name of a third century French martyr, from Latin Quintinus, derivative of the Roman praenomen Quintus, from quintus ("fifth"). It was brought to England by Normans, but never became particularly popular.