Tarquin

This name is derived from the Roman family name Tarquinius, first born by the fifth (legendary) king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. According to legend he was originally from the Etruscan city of Tarch(u)na, known in Latin as Tarquinii, from which his name derives. More well-known is his (grand)son Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of Rome, whose son Sextus Tarquinius raped Lucretia, the wife of a family member. Her rape and consequent suicide was the catalyst for the overthrow of the Roman monarchy and the institution of the Roman Republic.