Quill (surname) explained

Quill or Quille is an anglicised version of the Irish surname " Ó Cuill" Coll, Coill, and O'Coill (Ó Coill), all of which mean wood, forest or shrub hazel tree. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from Munster, particularly counties Kerry and Cork. The Irish surname has also been anglicised as Woods. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alf Quill, Australian athlete
• Declan Quill, Irish Gaelic footballer
• Eric Quill (b. 1978), American soccer player
• Erin Quill, American actress
• Gene Quill (1927 - 1988), American musician
• Greg Quill, Australian musician
• Jeffrey Quill (1913–1996), British aviator and author
• John Quill, Irish rugby player
• John Quill, pseudonym of Charles Heber Clark
• Kid Quill, stage name of American musician Mitchell Quilleon Brown
• Máirín Quill (b. 1936), Irish politician
• Michael D. Quill Sr. (b. 1949), mayor of Auburn, NY
• Mike Quill, one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a subway workers union
• Peter Quill (footballer) (b. 1969), Australian athlete
• Timothy Quill, Irish politician
• Timothy E. Quill, American physician

Fictional characters

• Peter Quill, birth name of Star-Lord, a superhero from Marvel Comics
• Quill, codename of Maxwell Jordan, a character from X-Men comics