Quinton (name) explained

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".^{[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]

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 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
• Quinton Kyle Hoover (born 1996), American YouTuber
• Quinton Jones, American actor^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chinn . Carl . Our Patron . 2012-04-15 . Quinton Local History Society.
2. Web site: Quinton Family History . 2012-04-15 . Ancestry.com.
3. http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/nomcarte.cgi?nom=quinton&submit=Valider&client=cdip repartition of the birth with the surname "Quinton" in France, before WWI
4. [Albert Dauzat]
5. Web site: Quinton Jones | Actor . .