Quintus
KWIN-tus
Latin
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Fifth; The fifth one
- Origin
- Latin
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Quintus does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Fifth; The fifth one", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Quintus.
- 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
- Quintus recalls the miracle of five loaves — God takes what seems insufficient and multiplies it beyond imagination.
- Verses on this meaning
- Matthew 14:17
"And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes."
- John 6:9
"There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?"
- Matthew 14:17