Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Well-shaped, athletic

Boy name variations

Quinlan
Quindlen
Quinlin
Quinly

Family name origins & meanings

  • Apparently an altered form of Scottish McKinley or a reduced form of Irish (Mc)Quinnelly, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coingheallaigh or Ó Coingheallaigh ‘son (or descendant) of Coingheallach’, a personal name meaning ‘faithful to pledges’.

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