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    Quentin

    KWEN-tin

    Latin
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Fifth
    Origin
    Latin
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Quentin does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Fifth", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Quentin.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1990s (0.040% of births), currently steady
    Spiritual meaning
    Quentin is five-fold grace — five loaves multiplied, Benjamin's five-fold portion, scarcity becoming abundance in God's hands.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Matthew 14:19

      "And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake."

    • Genesis 43:34

      "Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs."

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