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Shaquinta
How to Pronounce Shaquinta
Pronounced shuh-KWIN-tuh /ʃəˈkwɪntə/Medium
Meaning: Shaquinta is a coined American name that pairs the fashionable Sha- prefix with Quinta, a Latin and Spanish name-word meaning 'fifth.' The Sha- opening carries no fixed meaning of its own; it was a popular decorative prefix in the nineteen-eighties, and the result is a rhythmic, invented name.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Shaquinta belongs to the family of invented names built on the Sha- prefix that flourished in the nineteen-eighties. Its ending, Quinta, is a genuine name-word from Latin 'quintus,' fifth, once used for a fifth-born child. Joined together, the parts make a musical name in the same mold as Shaquita and Shaniqua rather than one with a single traditional meaning.
Shaquinta was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak around 1989, and it faded by the mid-nineteen-nineties. A girl named Shaquinta then is now in her mid-thirties, part of the era that made the Sha- prefix a signature sound.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shaquinta mean?
It is a coined name joining the Sha- prefix with Quinta, from the Latin for 'fifth.'
How do you pronounce Shaquinta?
It is said shuh-KWIN-tuh, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Shaquinta a boy or girl name?
Shaquinta is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shaquinta?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the late nineteen-eighties.