Quinley
KWIN-lee
Irish/English
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Wise; Counsel; Fifth-born
- Origin
- Irish/English
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Quinley does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Wise; Counsel; Fifth-born", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Quinley.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Quinley is wisdom freely given — God's liberal gift to every soul who asks, the principal thing above all getting.
- Verses on this meaning
- James 1:5
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."
- Proverbs 4:7
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
- James 1:5