Quincy as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Quincy

What is the meaning of the name Quincy ?

The baby name Quincy is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkwɪnsi/ (KWIN-see).

Quincy is English in Origin.

Quincy is an English given name derived from a Norman French surname and place name. The toponym Quincy comes from Latin Quintus, “fifth,” plus the Gaulish-Roman estate suffix -acum (Quintiacum), yielding the sense “estate of Quintus,” hence by extension “of the fifth.” Pronounced KWIN-see. Variants include Quincey and Quinci; short forms Quin and Quinn occur, though Quinn also has separate Irish origins. Related names include Quentin/Quintin and Quintus.

The name entered England with the de Quincy family after the Norman Conquest; Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, was a Magna Carta surety. In the United States, its best-known bearer is President John Quincy Adams, whose middle name honored his mother’s prominent Quincy lineage in Massachusetts, boosting the name’s profile. Usage has traditionally skewed masculine but is now comfortably unisex, appreciated for its crisp sound and historic New England associations.