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Quinn

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LoosingBattle · 16/08/2012 21:45

for a girl? I am the only one never to have heard this name before?

Met a gorgeous baby Quinn today, and love the name. Firm contender if I have another girl. Is it Irish?

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anniewoo · 18/08/2012 16:49

Quinn is an irish surname

Puremince · 18/08/2012 16:47

I met a baby girl named Quinn, and though I said politely "What an unusual name" inside I was thinking "How could you do that to a child! It's too close to Quim!"

(Although, personally, I like quim as a name for vagina; it's got a sort of Victorian ambience to it)

thegreylady · 17/08/2012 19:19

quim is an old word for female genitalia I believe it comes from the Welsh cwm which means valley......

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LoosingBattle · 17/08/2012 19:15

After a careful days research only 2 out of friends/family/work colleagues had heard the term Quim (worryingly one of them was my mother). However no one liked the name Quinn for a girl! So thats that!! Feel sorry for the little Quinn I met yesterday now!

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squoosh · 17/08/2012 15:34

Not a boy's name, not a girl's name. A surname. And a pretty common Irish surname at that too.

izzybizzybuzzybees · 17/08/2012 15:10

In the past 8 months I've heard of two babies being born called Quinn. Ones a boy the others a girl so I have no clue if its male or female. Never heard of quim and I an reluctant to google!

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 17/08/2012 15:06

I just wouldn't want to risk them being called Quim. I thought it was a well known term as well.

badtime · 17/08/2012 13:23

Daria's sister from the (eponymous) '90s cartoon was called Quinn.

ChristineDaae · 17/08/2012 07:10

I know a 1yo girl called Quinn. I think it's lovely. Iv never heard/read quim till right now.

NorksAreMessy · 17/08/2012 06:22

It has been used as a shortened form of Harlequin as well Hmm

Makes me think of quim (Chaucer)

but mainly makes me sing
"come on without, come on within, you ain't seen nothing like the Mighty Quinn"

sashh · 17/08/2012 06:07

DOn't do it. Too much like quim and it's a character in Glee.

lisaro · 16/08/2012 22:58

It's a surname. Awful mas a given name. And yes, the poor recipient would become known as Quim.
And numbertaker Quim Trim from an old Viz spoof advert. Grin

BustleInYourHedgerow · 16/08/2012 22:54

Quinn O'Begorrah. Sound Paddywhackerish enough for me:)

numbertaker · 16/08/2012 22:38

Dude, NO.

SchrodingersMew · 16/08/2012 22:33

Btw, I don't think they would get teased, I have Quinn in my name and have never been teased for it.

Nospringflower · 16/08/2012 22:32

I'm Scottish and Quim-face was used as a playground insult Grin

evamummy · 16/08/2012 22:29

I have never heard or read the word quim either.... perhaps it is a regional thing. Here, I doubt kids would know the meaning either. Certainly the Quinn I know (aged 10) has never been teased about it.

Badgerina · 16/08/2012 22:25

Quim - It even LOOKS like Quim.

numbertaker · 16/08/2012 22:22

When DH strims the edges of the lawn we call it a QT quim trim.

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LoosingBattle · 16/08/2012 22:22

We gave a very Irish O' surname so would maybe sound a bit much together anyway!

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numbertaker · 16/08/2012 22:22

@showofhands pmsl, gutter snipe minds unite.

BustleInYourHedgerow · 16/08/2012 22:19

Quinn is an Irish surname. Good name if you have Irish connections, or are American and like a bit o' Paddywhackery. Bad idea if you are neither, sorry.

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LoosingBattle · 16/08/2012 22:14

Oh well you have thoroughly put me off! Grin I am however planning to conduct a poll of everyone i meet tomorrow to see I they know what Quim means!

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SchrodingersMew · 16/08/2012 22:11

"Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman"

Quinn was her surname, Quinn is a very common surname.

nickiminja · 16/08/2012 22:07

Quim. I had a book called 'Quim Topiary'.