Quintella
Feminine
Quintella looks like the Latin quintus, fifth, with a lilting -ella added. But the English names it most resembles come from two different places: Quentin from that Latin fifth, and Quinton from English villages whose name means the queen's farm.
How old is the name Quintella?
Quintella first appears in US birth records in 1922 — 103 years ago. The typical Quintella alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 500 people named Quintella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Quintella most popular?
Quintella peaked in 1964, reaching #3379 nationally. See the whole 1964 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Quintella
Quintella stands at a fork in a road it cannot see. One branch leads back to Rome, to Quintus, the fifth, and to Saint Quentin, whose name is on a town in northern France. The other leads to English villages where the Old English words for queen and farm fused into Quinton. Quintella takes the Quint both branches share and finishes it with the -ella of Stella and Ella: three beats and a light close.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Quintella. It may be a feminine built on Quentin, which goes back to the Latin quintus, fifth, or on Quinton, an English place name from the Old English for the queen's farm. The two look alike and are unrelated, and nothing records which one Quintella followed, if either.
Pronouncing Quintella
kwin-TEL-uh
Three syllables, stressed on TEL.
Nicknames for Quintella
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1922
- Most girls named
- 198718 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3379reached in 1964
- Change vs 1996
- +20.0%6 in 1997, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Quintellas among us
people named Quintella are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Quintella sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short forms are built in: Ella and Quin.
- Three syllables with a clear stress on TEL.
- The rare Q opening makes it distinctive.
- It is long and uncommon, and some will write Quintela or Quintilla.
- The Latin fifth is visible in it, and someone will ask about birth order. The answer is a pleasant chance to explain its two possible roots.
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Frequently asked
- How many Quintellas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Quintella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Quintella in 2025?
- Quintella is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Quintella with classmates?
- Quintella will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More Q names
The most-given names starting with Q, all years combined.
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