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Quinn

/kwɪn/

Quinn proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Quinn (countable and uncountable, plural Quinns)

  1. A 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. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A 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. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
  5. A ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.
  6. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri.
  7. A tiny town in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Forms of Quinn

pluralQuinns

Origin of Quinn

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

Words formed from Quinn

Words that rhyme with Quinn

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Quinn

What does Quinn mean?
Quinn means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Quinn?
Quinn is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Quinn?
Quinn is pronounced /kwɪn/.

Words near Quinn in the dictionary

  1. Quinley
  2. Quinleys
  3. Quinlivan
  4. Quinlivans
  5. quinmerac
  6. Quinn
  7. quinnat
  8. quinnat salmon
  9. quinnats
  10. Quinne
  11. Quinnell

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