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QAYYUM UrduDerived from Arabic قيوم
(qayyum) meaning "subsistence, independent, sustainer".
QIAO ChineseNamed after a Chinese mountain, Qiao Shan, where Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was supposedly buried. This is the 96th most common surname in China.
QIN ChineseFrom 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.
QING ChineseFrom Chinese 青
(qīng) meaning "blue, green, young".
QUAAS GermanNickname for a big eater, from Middle Low German quās meaning "guzzling", "feasting".
QUÁCH VietnameseVietnamese form of
Guo, from Sino-Vietnamese 郭
(quách) meaning "outer part (of a city)".
QUADERER GermanNickname for someone stocky, from Middle High German quader meaning "building stone".
QUAIL English, ManxA variant of
Quayle, derived from various patronymics meaning "son of Paul". Alternately, an English nickname derived from the bird, perhaps given to a person who was timid, or known for being promiscuous.
QUANTRELL EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for an elegantly or flamboyantly dressed person (from Middle English
quointerel "dandy, fop", from
quointe "known, knowledgeable, crafty, elegant").
QUARRY EnglishFrom 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] QUARTERMAIN EnglishFrom 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] QUAST Germanhabitational 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".
QUENBY EnglishEnglish: of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of
Quarmby, a habitational name from a place so called in West Yorkshire.
QUENNELL EnglishFrom 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.
QUESADA SpanishHabitational 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".
QUETZ GermanGerman family name originating from the town of Quetz (today Quetzdölsdorf)....
[more] QUIAMBAO Filipino, TagalogPossibly from Hokkien 欠賺
(khiàm-báu) meaning "owed money, lacking money" or 鹹賺
(kiâm-báu) "stingy with money".
QUILL IrishQuill 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] QUILLEN IrishThe surname Quillen is derived from the personal name Hugelin, which is a diminutive of Hugh. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Uighilin.
QUINTO Aragonese, 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] QUIROGA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the municipality of the same name.
QUISLING NorwegianA 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.
QURESHI Sindhi, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Indian (Muslim)Derived from Arabic قُرَيْش
(Qurayš), which refers to an ancient Bedouin tribe of the Arabian peninsula that the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad was a member of. The name itself is derived from Arabic قَرَشَ
(qaraša) meaning "to gnash, to grind, to chew".
QURSAWI TatarDerived from the Arabic word
قرصة (qursa) meaning "pinch".