Quentin

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DH is French and we're thinking of French names, I was wondering how "Quentin" is seen as a name in the UK? I'm kind of new here so I don't know anything :)

Ok I've done some searching on past MN discussions and it seems that people HATE this name, can anyone explain why?

Is this a boys name or a girls name?
I assume it's a girls name but if it's not then sorry, it's just not one I've heard before. But if it is, how about Quinn instead?

It's a name for a boy

I like!! Really like!

Yes it's a boy's name... Quentin Blake!!

It's a bit too kind of neat for my taste.... Quentin... I think it's the 'tin', very precise. I imagine a very quiet boy.

Yea, I quite like it. OP, have never heard of Quentin Blake????

My xFil is a Quentin, very odd fish. The only other I know is spelt quintyn and comes from a very popular family with really great, well-rounded children

I assume it's a girls name but if it's not then sorry, it's just not one I've heard before.

Seriously, you've never heard of Quentin Tarantino?

Nice name, OP - quite posh though (unless you're Quentin Tarantino).

I really really like it. A grown up Quentin would be really clever (IMO!)

Reminds me of Uncle Quentin in the Enid Blyton Famous Five books, he was George's Dad and Julian, Dick and Anne's Uncle.
Poncey name.

nope, never heard of Quentin Tarantino.

Blimey. Never heard of Quentin Blake, Quentin Tarantino or Uncle Quentin in Enid Blyton? I know only one in RL. He spells it Quinton. Lovely man, but a touch eccentric.

I like it, but the possibility of mis-spellings would put me off.

Witty are you in the UK? No judgement but I am [shocked] you've never heart of Quentin Tarantino. Resovoir Dogs? Pulp Fiction? Kill Bill?

What about Tarquin?

Lozmatoz no I didn't know who that was, I'm American and don't get most of these references (for example gertiegusset I had to google "poncey", not sure which definition is right but I guess it's an insult?)

The name is widely used in France and the baby will be half-French so that's why we're thinking about it, just wanted to see how it would be interpreted here in the UK.

I'd go with pretentious or affected for poncey OP.

Sorry, just don't like it at all, others might though.

I love it, but I am biased, I know a Quentin and he isn't poncey.

I don't like it at all. Makes me think of Uncle Quentin in the Famous five. But it's up to you.

Horrible.

SinglePringle - never heard of Reservoir Dogs, heard of Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction, but never seen.

Fair enough. Quentin T wrote and directed them all.

Quentin Crisp was an infamous homosexual decades before homosexuality was decriminalised in Britain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Crisp

Although he was a really extraordinary and brave man in his time, the legacy of his name and his sometimes outrageous behaviour is still around, and could be in 10 years or more to come.

I don't think a teenager would enjoy that.

I really like it! It's on my list too!

We have a Quentin! I'm surprised how unfamiliar it seems to some of you. Were in the uk and know of 2 others (incl one ds's age).
We love his name, most people comment very positively on it and most friends know Quentin Blake (Roald Dahl's illustrator) or film director Quentin Tarantino.