Quimby as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Quimby

What is the meaning of the name Quimby ?

The baby name Quimby is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KWIM-bee (/ˈkwɪm.bi/).

Quimby is English in Origin.

Quimby is an English toponymic surname turned given name, tracing to Quenby in Leicestershire. The second element is Old Norse -by “farmstead, village,” common in Danelaw place-names; the first may derive from Old Norse kvenna “women’s” or from Old English cwene/cwēn “woman, queen.” Accordingly, the name is usually interpreted as “woman’s farm” or “queen’s settlement.” Spelling variants developed over time, yielding Quenby, Quinby, Quemby, and Quimby; related modern given-name forms include Quinby and Quenby.

As a surname, Quimby appears in medieval English records and later among early New England settlers; in America it gained wider notice through figures such as Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802–1866). As a first name it remains rare but fits the contemporary trend of adopting distinctive surnames as forenames. Usage skews masculine historically, though today Quimby, Quinby, and Quenby are often treated as unisex.