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Quentavious
How to Pronounce Quentavious
Pronounced kwen-TAY-vee-us /kwɛnˈteɪ.vi.əs/Medium
Meaning: Quentavious is a modern African American coinage that elaborates Quentin, from the Latin quintus, fifth, with an ornate -avious ending. The result is a grand, resonant name whose core meaning stays tied to the number five.Low
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History & Origin
Quentavious is an invented American name, dressing up Quentin, from Latin quintus, fifth, with a sonorous -avious suffix. It belongs to a late twentieth-century fashion for elaborated, richly stressed boys' names given especially in African American families.
Quentavious was always rare, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the late nineteen-nineties. A boy named Quentavious then is in his twenties today.
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What does the name Quentavious mean?
It is a modern elaboration of Quentin, from the Latin quintus, meaning fifth.
How do you pronounce Quentavious?
It is said kwen-TAY-vee-us /kwɛnˈteɪ.vi.əs/, four syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Quentavious a boy or girl name?
Quentavious is used here as a boy's name.
How popular is Quentavious?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the late nineteen-nineties.