Quintilah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Quintilah

What is the meaning of the name Quintilah ?

The baby name Quintilah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KWIN-til-uh,/kwɪnˈtɪlə/.

Quintilah is Latin in Origin.

Quintilah traces to Latin quintus, “fifth,” the numeral that produced a family of Roman names for a fifth-born child. Feminine forms such as Quintilia and the diminutives Quintilla/Quintila were common in inscriptions; Quintilah is a rare modern elaboration that adds a soft final -h without changing the sense, yielding “little fifth (one).”

The name has sporadic historical visibility: Quintilla names a 3rd‑century Phrygian Christian prophetess whose followers were called Quintillians, and members of the Roman gens Quintilius used related forms. In later Romance contexts, especially Iberian and Italian, Quintila/Quintina/Quinta persist as given names. Variants and cognates include Quintila, Quintilla, Quintilia, Quintina, Quinta, Quintella, and the masculine Quintus, Quintinus (source of Quentin/Quinton). Possible nicknames are Quin/Quinn, Tila/Tilah, and Tilla. Quintilah suits parents seeking a Latinate rarity with number-name meaning and a gentle, antique cadence.

⚙ Quintilah turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. That usually points to a very rare, regional, or newly coined name. Whatever the reason, hardly anyone else has it.