Quinlan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning descendant of Caoinleán, lover of beauty.
Babies a year
71
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Quinlan by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Quinlan. In the US, 71 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 144 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Quinlan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Quinlan, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Quinlan
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