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Quinto
Pronounced KWEEN-toh /ˈkwiːn.toʊ/Medium
Meaning: Quinto is the Italian and Spanish form of the Latin Quintus, 'fifth,' one of the old Roman numeral-names once given to a fifth son or a child born in the fifth month. It carries a long, plain heritage: a practical Roman naming custom that survived into Italian and Spanish families.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Quinto is the Italian and Spanish descendant of the Latin Quintus, 'fifth,' one of a set of Roman numeral-names given by birth order. It came to the United States with Italian and Hispanic immigrant families in the early twentieth century and stayed a heritage name, never an American coinage.
It was never common in the United States, given to only about fifteen boys a year even at its peak around 1918, and it thinned as immigrant naming assimilated. A boy named Quinto then would be from a great-grandfather's generation today.
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What does the name Quinto mean?
It is the Italian and Spanish form of the Latin Quintus, 'fifth,' traditionally given to a fifth child.
How do you pronounce Quinto?
It is said KWEEN-toh /ˈkwiːn.toʊ/ - two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Quinto a boy or girl name?
Quinto is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Quinto?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen boys a year even at its peak in the nineteen-tens.