# Quinn

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kwɪn/ · frequency rank #8,334

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 1990s and later usage.
4. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
5. A ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.
6. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri.
7. A tiny town in Pennington County, South Dakota.

## Etymology
The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

## Easily confused with
- **quit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quit)
- **quiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quiz)
- **quip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quip)
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quite)
- **Quran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quran)
- **quits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quits)
- **quirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quirk)
- **Quito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quito)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quint)
- **quinoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quinoa)
- **Quinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quinton)
- **qin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qin-vs-quinn)
- **quid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quinn)
- **qing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qing-vs-quinn)
- **Qian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qian-vs-quinn)
- **quick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quick-vs-quinn)
- **queen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/queen-vs-quinn)
- **quiet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiet-vs-quinn)
- **quilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quilt-vs-quinn)
- **quill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quill-vs-quinn)

## Common misspellings (5)
`qiunn`, `qquinn`, `quin`, `qunin`, `uqinn`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/quinn