Submitted Surnames Starting with Q
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QAYYUMUrduDerived from Arabic قيوم
(qayyum) meaning "subsistence, independent, sustainer".
QINChineseFrom Chinese 秦
(qín) referring to the ancient state of Qin, which existed from 221 BC to 206 BC in what is now the Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.
QINGChineseFrom Chinese 青
(qīng) meaning "blue, green, young".
QUAASGermanNickname for a big eater, from Middle Low German quās meaning "guzzling", "feasting".
QUÁCHVietnameseVietnamese form of
Guo, from Sino-Vietnamese 郭
(quách) meaning "outer part (of a city)".
QUADERERGermanNickname for someone stocky, from Middle High German quader meaning "building stone".
QUANTRELLEnglishFrom a medieval nickname for an elegantly or flamboyantly dressed person (from Middle English
quointerel "dandy, fop", from
quointe "known, knowledgeable, crafty, elegant").
QUARRYEnglishFrom Middle English quarey "quarry", a topographic name for someone who lived near a stone quarry, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one. ...
[more] QUARTERMAINEnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a very dextrous person, or for someone who habitually wore gloves (from Old French
quatremains, literally "four hands"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Allan Quartermain, the hero of 'King Solomon's Mines' (1886) and other adventure novels by H. Rider Haggard...
[more] QUASTGermanhabitational name from any of several places so named in northern Germany. metonymic occupational name for a barber or nickname for someone who wore a conspicuous tassel or feather, from Middle Low German, Middle High German quast(e) "tuft", "tassel", "brush", also "fool".
QUENBYEnglishEnglish: of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of
Quarmby, a habitational name from a place so called in West Yorkshire.
QUENNELLEnglishFrom the medieval female personal name
Quenilla, from Old English
Cwēnhild, literally "woman-battle". This was borne by Peter Quennell (1905-1993), a British poet, critic and historian.
QUESADASpanishHabitational name from Quesada, a place in Jaén province. The place name is of uncertain derivation; there may be some connection with Old Spanish requexada meaning "corner", "tight spot".
QUETZGermanGerman family name originating from the town of Quetz (today Quetzdölsdorf)....
[more] QUILLIrishQuill or
Quille is an anglicised version of the Irish surnames
Ó Cuill,
Coll,
Coill, and
O'Coill (
Ó Coill), all of which mean wood, forest or shrub Hazel Tree. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from Munster, particularly Kerry and Cork...
[more] QUILLENIrishThe surname Quillen is derived from the personal name Hugelin, which is a diminutive of Hugh. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Uighilin.
QUINTOAragonese, Spanish, Catalan, ItalianHabitational surname for a person from a place called Quinto, for example in Zaragoza province. However, the high concentration of the surname in Alacant province suggests that, in some cases at least, it may derive from the personal name
Quinto (from Latin
Quintus denoting the fifth-born child or Catalan
quinto "young soldier")....
[more] QUIROGAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the municipality of the same name.
QUISLINGNorwegianA treacherous person who sides with opposing forces, this meaning comes from Vidkun Quisling of Norway. He helped the Germans during the German rule of Norway in the 1940's. Original meaning "One from" (-ling) "Quislemark", (quis) A romanization of the place name of Kvislemark.
QURESHIUrdu, Sindhi, Indian (Muslim)Derived from Arabic قُرَيْش
(Qurayš), which refers to an ancient Bedouin tribe of the Arabian peninsula (the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad belonged to a sub-clan of the tribe). The name itself is derived from Arabic قَرَشَ
(qaraša) meaning "to gnash, to grind, to chew".
QURSAWITatarDerived from the Arabic word
قرصة (qursa) meaning "pinch".