Quinton (name)

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Quinton is either a surname or a masculine given name.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ Chinn, Carl. "Our Patron". Quinton Local History Society. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Quinton Family History". Ancestry.com . Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  3. ↑ "repartition of the birth with the surname "Quinton" in France, before WWI". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  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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