Behind the Name: Surnames Starting with Q

QADIRArabic
Derived from the given name QADIR.

QUARANTAItalian
Means "forty". It comes from a nickname.

QUATTROCCHIItalian
From Italian quattro meaning "four" and occhi meaning "eyes". It is a relatively rare Italian surname, usually found in Sicily.

QUEENEnglish, Irish
Means "woman" from Old English cwen which was sometimes used as a given name. In some occurrences the meaning could simply have been "queen" derived from Old English cwene. Occasionally it could be a shortened form of MACQUEEN.

QUESHIREEnglish
Probably an unusual variant of CHESHIRE.

QUICKEnglish
Derived from Middle English quik or Old English cwic, which both mean "lively".

QUICKLEY (1)English
Derived from Middle English quiklich or Old English cwiclic, which both mean "lively".

QUICKLEY (2)Irish
Variant of QUIGLEY.

QUIGGIrish
Variant of QUIGLEY.

QUIGLEYIrish
Anglicized form of Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

QUINCEYEnglish
Variant of QUINCY.

QUINCYEnglish
Originally from various place names in Normandy which 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".

QUINONESSpanish
From various Spanish place names derived from quinon meaning "five". It indicated that the land was divided amongst five people.

QUINTANASpanish, Catalan
Means "dweller on a piece of land whose rent is one-fifth its produce" from Spanish and Catalan quintana.

QUIRKIrish
Variant of QUIRKE.

QUIRKEIrish
From chroi, a Gaelic word meaning "heart".

QUIRÓSSpanish
Denoted a person from one of the various places of this name in Spain. Quirós, the place name, may derive from the Galician queiroa meaning "heather".

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