Quinn

Quinn is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Coinn or McQuinn/MacQuinn. The latter surname means "descendant of Conn".[1] The surname Quinn is also rendered Ó Cuinn in Irish.[2] The surname is borne by numerous unrelated Irish families in Ulster and the Irish counties of Clare, Longford, and Mayo.[3] The most notable family of the name are that of Thomond, a Dalcassian sept,[4] who derive their surname from Niall Ó Cuinn who was slain at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.[5] This family was formerly represented by the Earls of Dunraven.[6] Another family is that seated in Annaly, who were related to the O'Farrell lords of Longford. Other families include one seated in Antrim; one seated in Raphoe; and one called Clann Cuain, seated near Castlebar.[7] In the seventeenth century, the surname Quinn was common in Waterford. In 1890, the surname was numerous in Dublin, Tyrone, Antrim, and Roscommon. Quinn is one of the twenty most common surnames in Ireland.[8] It is sometimes said that the surname Quinn is borne by Catholics whilst Quin is borne by Protestants.[9]

For other uses, see Quinn (disambiguation).

List of people surnamed Quinn

Disambiguation pages

Multiple notable people with the same name combination include:

Individual people

Given names

Fictional characters

Last name

Given
  • Quinn Darian in the television series The Godzilla Power Hour
  • Quinn Fuller in the American Daytime Soap Opera The Bold and the Beautiful
  • Quinn Fabray in the television series Glee
  • Quinn Garvey in the television series How I Met Your Mother
  • Quinn James in the television series One Tree Hill
  • Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders
  • Quinn Morgendorffer in the television series Daria
  • Quinn Pensky in the Nickelodeon live-action sitcom Zoey 101
  • Quinn Perkins in the TV series Scandal
  • Quinn the Eskimo, a character in the song The Mighty Quinn
  • Quinn, Demacia's Wings, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends
  • Quinn, an NPC from Etrian Odyssey
  • Quinn the puffin, a recurring character in the British television programme 3rd & Bird
  • Quinn (Prison Break character) in the US television series Prison Break
  • Quinn, a Q who wanted to commit suicide in Star Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish"

Nicknames
  • Tarquin Blackwood ("Quinn" Blackwood), a character in The Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice

See also

Citations
  1. Quinn Family History (n.d.).
  2. de Bhulbh (1997) pp. 35, 335; Grehan (1997) p. 287.
  3. de Bhulbh (1997) p. 335; Grehan (1997) p. 287; Quinn Family History (n.d.).
  4. Grehan (1997) p. 287; de MacLysaght (1972) pp. 251–252.
  5. de MacLysaght (1972) pp. 251–252.
  6. de Bhulbh (1997) p. 335.
  7. Grehan (1997) p. 287.
  8. O'Laughlin (1992) p. 223; de MacLysaght (1972) pp. 251–252.
  9. Grehan (1997) p. 287; O'Laughlin (1992) p. 223.

References
  • de Bhulbh, S (1997). Sloinnte na h-Éireann: Irish Surnames. Limerick: Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa Teo. ISBN 0-9530560-0-7. OL 316008M.
  • Grehan, I (1997). The Dictionary of Irish Family Names. Boulder: Robert Rineheart Publishers. ISBN 1-57098-137-X. OL 8699749M.
  • MacLysaght, E (1972). Irish Families: Their Names, Arms and Origins (3rd ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. OL 23251759M.
  • O'Laughlin, M (1992). The Book of Irish Families Great & Small. Kansas City: Irish Genealogical Foundation. ISBN 0-940134-08-X. OL 1326957M.
  • "Quinn Family History". Ancestry.com. n.d. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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