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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".
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".
QUELCH English (British)Mid 16th Century variant of the name Wels(c)he, Welsh or Welch, itself deriving from the Middle English "walsche", Celtic, foreign, (Olde English "woelisc", a derivative of "wealh", foreign), and originally given as a distinguishing nickname to a Celt...
[more] 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] QUEZON FilipinoMeaning uncertain, possibly a variant of
QUIZON or from Hokkien 郭孫
(keh-sun) derived from 郭
(keh) meaning "outer city" and 孫
(sun) meaning "grandchild"...
[more] QUIAMBAO FilipinoPossibly from Hokkien 欠賺
(khiàm-báu) meaning "owed money, lacking money" or 鹹賺
(kiâm-báu) meaning "stingy with money".
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.
QUIMPO FilipinoFrom Hokkien 金舖
(kim-phò͘) meaning "gold shop" or 金寳
(kim-pó) meaning "golden treasure".
QUINTERO SpanishHabitational name from a location in Galicia named Quintero, from Galician
quinteiro meaning "farmstead, square, plaza". Alternately, it may be derived from Spanish
quinto meaning "fifth", possibly used as a name for a renter of quintas (a type of wine-growing estate).
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 Arabic, UrduDenotes a member of the Quraysh, a mercantile Arab tribe that the Prophet
Muhammad belonged to, itself is derived from Arabic قرش
(qarasha) meaning "to gnash, to grind, to chew".
QURSAWI TatarDerived from the Arabic word
قرصة (qursa) meaning "pinch".