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Meaning & History
Two explanations for this name exist. The first is that this name is an authentic Etruscan male name of unknown meaning, which was latinized to Quintus by the ancient Romans. The second explanation is that this name is the Etruscan(ized) form of the Latin male name Quintus. Since the Etruscans adopted many Latin names and the Romans in turn adopted many Etruscan names, it is hard to tell which of the two explanations is the correct one. Perhaps it could even be so that both are correct, meaning that there are two etymologies: the lost Etruscan one, and the known Latin one.