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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". The French surname Quinton [kɛ̃tɔ̃] is a common surname 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.)

Given name

Sports

  • 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 Narkle, Australian rules footballer
  • 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

  • Quinton Flynn, American voice actor

Surname

  • 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

References

  1. Chinn, Carl. "Our Patron". Quinton Local History Society.
  2. "Quinton Family History". [[Ancestry.com]].
  3. "repartition of the birth with the surname "Quinton" in France, before WWI".
  4. [[Albert Dauzat]], ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par [[Marie-Thérèse Morlet]]. p. 502b and 503a.
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