QUATTROCCHIItalian From Italian quattro meaning "four" and occhi meaning "eyes", a nickname for a person who wore glasses. It is usually found in Sicily.
QUEENEnglish From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.
QUICKEnglish Nickname for a quick or agile person, ultimately from Old English cwic meaning "alive".
QUINCYEnglish Originally from various place names in Normandy that were derived from the given name QUINTUS.
QUINLANIrish From Irish Ó Caoindealbháin, which means "descendant of Caoindealbhán", a given name meaning "comely form".
QUINNIrish Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of CONN".
QUIÑONESSpanish From various Spanish place names derived from quiñóon meaning "shared piece of land", derived from Latin quinque "five".
QUINTANASpanish, Catalan Originally indicated someone who lived on a piece of land where the rent was a fifth of its produce, from Spanish and Catalan quintana "fifth", from Latin quintus.