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Surname Etymology and Meaning of QUINT

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Catalan: from a personal name Quint (Latin Quintus) denoting the fifth-born child in a family.
2. French: from Middle French quint ‘fifth’, a term used in western France to denote an administrative area consisting of five villages, presumably applied as a metonymic occupational name for the administrator of such an area.
3. German: from the medieval personal name and saint’s name Quintinus. Compare Quintin.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)