Quirinus as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Quirinus

What is the meaning of the name Quirinus ?

The baby name Quirinus is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /kʷiːˈriːnus/ (Classical Latin); /kwɪˈriːnəs/ — respelling: kwi-REE-nuhs.

Quirinus is Latin in Origin.

From Latin Quirīnŭs, of Italic (likely Sabine) stock, name of an early Roman god later identified with the deified Romulus and associated with the Quirinal Hill. The etymology is debated: it may come from Sabine quiris “spear,” yielding the sense “spear-bearer” or “wielder of the spear,” or from quiris/Quirites “citizen,” giving “of the citizen-body.” In archaic Rome, Quirinus belonged to the founding triad with Jupiter and Mars, his feast Quirinalia held on February 17.

As a personal name, Quirinus spread in Late Antiquity through veneration of several martyrs (notably Quirinus of Sescia/Sisak and Quirinus of Neuss), sustaining medieval use in Italy, the Rhineland, Austria, and Croatia. Rarer in English, it survives regionally and in surnames. Variants and cognates include Quirin (German/French), Quirino (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese), Quirina (feminine), Kvirin/Kwiryn (Slavic/Polish), and the related Latin form Quirinius.

⚙ Quirinus is far from common. In all, it turns up just 28 times, across 5 countries.