# Quinton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkwɪn.tən/ · frequency rank #42,357

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin.
2. A patronymic and habitational surname from Old English.
3. A historical village, small town, and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9984).
4. A civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England.
5. A village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England.
6. A village in the Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279, Saskatchewan, Canada.
7. A number of places in the United States:
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## Etymology
Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

## Easily confused with
- **Quito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinton-vs-quito)
- **Quinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quinton)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quinton)
- **quinoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinoa-vs-quinton)
- **Quentin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quentin-vs-quinton)
- **quintet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quintet-vs-quinton)
- **Quinlan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinlan-vs-quinton)
- **Quintana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quintana-vs-quinton)

## Common misspellings (10)
`qiunton`, `qquinton`, `quinnton`, `quinotn`, `quintno`, `quintonn`, `quintton`, `quitnon`, `quniton`, `uqinton`

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