Meaning: Its source is a Latin expression meaning "Fifth."

Languages: This boy's name is used in English and Latin.

Nicknames: Quint

Variant Forms: Quentin and Quintinus

Narrative: This was a Roman praenomen, or first name. It designated either the bearer's birth order in the family, or the number of the month of birth. Similar surviving Latin names include Sextus (sixth), Septimus (seventh), Octavius and Octavia (eighth), and Nona (ninth).