Quintana as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Quintana

What is the meaning of the name Quintana ?

The baby name Quintana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /kwɪnˈtænə/ (kwin-TAN-uh); Spanish: /kinˈtana/ (keen-TAH-nah).

Quintana is Spanish in Origin.

Quintana is a Spanish and Portuguese name with Latin roots, from quintāna, ultimately from quintus, “fifth.” In Roman military jargon, the via quintāna was the street of the fifth cohort; in medieval Iberia, quintana came to mean a farmstead or village green linked to a quinta (country estate). As a given name, it can carry the senses “fifth-born” or “one from the farm.”

Though better known as a toponymic surname - think the Mexican state Quintana Roo - it has occasional feminine given-name use across the Spanish-speaking world and in the United States. Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne named their daughter Quintana Roo, bringing literary notice. Variants and cognates include Quinta, Quintina, and the related masculine Quentin/Quinton, Quintín/Quintino. Possible nicknames are Quin, Tana, and Ana. Pronounced keen-TAH-nah in Spanish; in English often KWIN-TAH-nuh.