Quinn

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/kwɪn/[kʰw̥ɪn]

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

CommonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper nounQuinn (countable and uncountable, plural Quinns)

plural Quinns

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Irish.

    But the ex-boyfriend’s rant quickly attracted the attention of online forum 4chan users, who seized on the alleged relationship between Quinn and the Kotaku writer.

    2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN
  2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 1990s and later usage.

    As a junior at Lawndale High School, Daria isn't popular (unlike the shallow Quinn, whom others adore), but she actually prefers not to be popular.

    2011, David Mansour, From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century
  4. countableuncountableA ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.
  5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri.
  6. countableuncountableA tiny town in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Coinn“descendant of Chief”
  2. EnglishQuinn

The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Quinn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quinn

MLA

“Quinn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quinn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Quinn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quinn.

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