Quintus

Quintus
Pronunciation	/ˈkwɪntəs/
Gender	Male
Origin
Language	Latin
Word/name	Quintus
Derivation	quintus, meaning "fifth"
Meaning	"fifth"
Other names
Short form	Quint

Quintus is a male given name derived from Quintus, a common Latin forename (praenomen) found in the culture of ancient Rome. Quintus derives from Latin word quintus, meaning "fifth".

In modern times, it also functions as a rare surname, primarily found in parts of Central and Western Europe.

In other languages

Corsican	Quintu
Croatian	Kvint
French	Quint
Finnish	Qvintus
German	Quint, Quintus
Greek	Κόιντος (Kóintos)
Spanish	Quinto
Italian	Quinto
Polish	Kwintus
Portuguese	Quinto
Russian	Квинт (Kvint)
Serbian	Kvint
Slovene	Kvint

Derived surnames

Greek	Κοϊντόσης (Koïntósis)
Spanish	Quintana, Quintero, Quintos, Quintilliano
Catalan	Quintí, Quintos
Italian	Quintos, Quintiliano

Notable people

Modern given name

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar I (1797–1834), American judge
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825–1893), US Supreme Court justice from 1888 to 1893
Quintus McDonald (born 1966), American football player
Quintus Quincy Quigley (1828–1910), American lawyer
Quintus et Ultimus Watson (1874–1929), American politician

Roman given name

Quintus Antistius Adventus, 2nd century Roman politician and general
Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, Roman statesman and consul
Quintus Lucretius Afella, Roman general
Quintus Glitius Atilius Agricola, Late 1st/early 2nd century Roman senator, consul and general
Quintus Servilius Ahala, 4th-century BC Roman general and statesman
Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, 2nd-century BC Roman statesman and general
Quintus Fabius Ambustus (tribune), Early 4th-century BC Roman politician and soldier
Quintus Fabius Ambustus (dictator), Ancient Roman dictator
Quintus Ancharius (killed by Marius), Ancient Roman senator
Quintus Cornelius Senecio Annianus, 2nd century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Coredius Gallus Gargilius Antiquus, 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Haterius Antoninus, Roman consul 53 AD
Quintus Atrius, Roman military officer
Quintus Hedius Lollianus Plautius Avitus, Late 2nd/early 3rd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Antonius Balbus, Ancient Roman politician
Quintus Lucilius Balbus, 1st-century BC Roman philosopher
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, 2nd-century BCE Roman statesman and general
Quintus Aemilius Barbula, 4th-century BC Roman senator and general
Quintus Caecilius Bassus (fl. 1st century BC), Roman equestrian
Quintus Servilius Caepio (consul 106 BC), Ancient Roman general and statesman
Quintus Servilius Caepio (quaestor 103 BC) (died 90 BC), Roman patrician, statesman and soldier
Quintus Servilius Caepio (adoptive father of Brutus), Roman aristocrat
Quintus Servilius Caepio (consul 140 BC), Roman statesman
Quintus Fufius Calenus, Roman politician and general who was consul in 47 and tribune in 61 BC
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus, Roman senator and poet who served as consul in AD 9
Quintus Lutatius Catulus Capitolinus, Senator of the Roman Republic
Quintus Lutatius Catulus (consul 102 BC) (149–87 BC), Roman politician and general
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, Roman consul in 60 BC and opponent of Pompey and Caesar
Quintus Lutatius Cerco (died 236 BC), Roman politician
Quintus Petillius Cerialis, 1st century AD Roman general, consul and administrator
Quintus Aulius Cerretanus, 4th-century BC Roman consul and general
Quintus Tullius Cicero, 1st Century BC Roman politician and general
Quintus Quinctius Cincinnatus (consular tribune 415 BC), 5th century BC Roman Republican consular tribune
Quintus Tineius Clemens, Late 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens, 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Julius Cordus, 1st century Roman politician, suffect consul and governor
Quintus Volusius Flaccus Cornelianus, 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Fuficius Cornutus, 2nd century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consular tribune), Roman consular tribune in 402 BC and 398 BC
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consul), 5th century BC Roman senator and consul
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus (c. 114 BC – late 50s BC), Roman statesman, general, consul, and conqueror of Crete
Quintus Marcius Crispus, 1st century BC Roman senator and military officer
Quintus Tineius Demetrius, Roman governor of Egypt from 189 to 190
Quintus Didius, Roman governor of the province of Syria
Quintus Laberius Durus, 1st-century Roman military tribune
Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus, 2nd-century BC Roman statesman and consul
Quintus Minucius Esquilinus, 5th-century BC Roman politician and general
Quintus Pompeius Falco, 2nd century Roman senator, governor and general
Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco, Late 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Valerius Falto, Roman statesman and general, Victor of the Aegates
Quintus Anicius Faustus, Late 2nd / early 3rd century Roman military officer and senator
Quintus Servilius Fidenas, 4th-century BC Roman politician and consular tribune
Quintus Servilius Priscus Fidenas, 5th century BC Roman senator, dictator and general
Quintus Aurelius Pactumeius Fronto, 1st century Roman senator and first consul from North Africa
Quintus Julius Cordinus Gaius Rutilius Gallicus, 1st century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Ogulnius Gallus, Ancient Roman politician
Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 292 BC), 3rd-century BC Roman statesman and general
Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 265 BC), Roman statesman and general
Quintus Ninnius Hasta, Roman senator
Quintus Haterius (c.63 BC-AD 26), Roman politician and orator during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius
Quintus Caelius Honoratus, Late 1st/early 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Hortensius (114–50 BC), Roman lawyer, orator and statesman
Quintus Antonius Isauricus, 2nd century military commander and suffect consul
Quintus Camurius Numisius Junior, 2nd century Roman senator, consul and legate
Quintus Labienus, 1st-century BCE Roman general
Quintus Aemilius Laetus (died 193), Praetorian Guard prefect
Quintus Maecius Laetus, Roman eques
Quintus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman consul 21 BC
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (c. 188 –116/5 BC), Roman general and statesman
Quintus Baebius Macer, 2nd century Roman senator and official
Quintus Gargilius Martialis, Roman writer
Quintus Rammius Martialis, Roman state official
Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus Mavortius, Roman senator
Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC), Ancient Roman statesman and general
Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 213 BC), Roman consul in 213 BC
Quintus Sanquinius Maximus, 1st century AD Roman senator, consul, urban prefect and provincial governor
Quintus Antonius Merenda, Roman consular tribune in 422 BC
Quintus Caecilius Metellus (consul 206 BC) (250 BC - 175 BC), Roman consul
Quintus Licinius Modestinus, 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Nasidius, 1st century Roman naval commander
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 57 BC), 1st century BC Roman politician
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 98 BC), Ancient Roman nobleman and politician
Quintus Fulvius Nobilior, Roman consul
Quintus Caedicius Noctua, Roman consul in 289 BC
Quintus Novius, Roman dramatist
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Ancient Roman statesman and general
Quintus Opimius (consul), 2nd century BC Roman politician
Quintus Aemilius Papus, 3rd-century BC Roman consul and general
Quintus Asconius Pedianus (BC 9 - AD 76), Roman historian
Quintus Pedius (consul), Nephew or grandnephew of Julius Caesar
Quintus Pedius (painter), Ancient Roman painter
Quintus Egnatius Gallienus Perpetuus, Roman politician
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Peticus, 1st century AD Roman senator and consul
Quintus Publilius Philo, 4th century BC Roman politician
Quintus Fabius Pictor, 3rd-century BC Roman historian
Quintus Calpurnius Piso, Roman consul 135 BC
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Roman politician and general, Pontifex Maximus, consul in 80 BCE
Quintus Egrilius Plarianus, 2nd century Roman senator, governor and consul
Quintus Plautius, 1st century AD Roman senator and consul
Quintus Pleminius, Military Legate
Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex (consul in 97 BC), Ancient Roman jurist, politician and writer
Quintus Fabius Postuminus, Late 1st/early 2nd century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Praetextatus, 5th century BC Roman consul
Quintus Pompeius Senecio Sosius Priscus, Roman Senator, notable for having the longest recorded name in ancient Rome
Quintus Pompeius Sosius Priscus, 2nd century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Servilius Priscus (consul 468 BC), 5th-century BC Roman senator, consul and general
Quintus Cornelius Proculus, 2nd century Roman senator and suffect consul
Quintus Egnatius Proculus (suffect consul 219), 3rd century Roman senator and suffect consul
Quintus Egnatius Proculus, Roman aristocrat
Quintus Fulvius Gillo Bittius Proculus, Late 1st/early 2nd century Roman senator
Quintus Servilius Pudens, Second century AD Roman senator and governor
Quintus Cornelius Quadratus, 2nd century Roman senator and suffect consul
Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, 1st century BC Roman historian and writer
Quintus Caecilius Redditus, Ancient Roman equite
Quintus Marcius Rex (consul 68 BC), Roman politician and general
Quintus Marcius Rex (consul 118 BC), Roman consul in 118 BC
Quintus Marcius Rex (praetor 144 BC), Roman Politician
Quintus Roscius, 1st-century BC Roman actor
Quintus Corellius Rufus, 1st century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Curtius Rufus, 1st-century Roman historian
Quintus Marcius Rufus, Roman legate during Third Servile War
Quintus Pompeius Rufus (consul 88 BC), Roman politician, consul in 88 BC
Quintus Pomponius Rufus, Late 1st/early 2nd century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Salvius Salvidienus Rufus, 1st Century BC Roman politician and general
Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 127), 2nd century Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 182), 2nd century Roman senator and consul
Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, 4th-century BC Roman statesman and general
Quintus Titurius Sabinus, 1st century BC Roman legate
Quintus Tineius Sacerdos, Roman senator and Consul in 219
Quintus Aemilius Saturninus (died 200 AD), Roman member of the equites class
Quintus Futius Lusius Saturninus, Roman senator and suffect consul of AD 41
Quintus Volusius Saturninus, 1st century Roman Senator and consul
Quintus Volusius Saturninus (consul 92), Late 1st/early 2nd century AD Roman senator and consul
Quintus Cervidius Scaevola, 2nd century Roman jurist
Quintus Terentius Scaurus, Latin grammarian
Quintus Pomponius Secundus, First century Roman politician
Quintus Vibius Secundus, Roman senator and suffect consul in 86 AD
Quintus Sosius Senecio, Late 1st/early 2nd century AD Roman senator, consul and governor
Quintus Sertorius (d. 73/72 BC), Roman general, politician, and rebel
Quintus Servaeus, Roman governor of Commagene in 17 AD
Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus, 2nd century BC Roman general and statesman
Quintus Petronius Didius Severus, Father of Roman emperor Didius Julianus
Quintus Varius Severus, Plebeian tribune in 90 BC
Quintus Sextius, 1st century BC Roman philosopher
Quintus Cloelius Siculus, Roman politician and patrician, consul in 498 BC
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, 1st century Roman senator, consul and governor of Syria
Quintus Poppaedius Silo (died 88 BC), Leader of the Italian Marsi
Quintus Smyrnaeus, 4th-century Greek poet
Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus (consul 34), 1st century AD Roman senator
Quintus Valerius Soranus, Latin poet and inventor of the table of contents
Quintus Petillius Spurinus (2nd century BC), Roman politician
Quintus Baebius Sulca, 2nd century BC Roman praetor and envoy
Quintus Marcius Barea Sura, 1st-century Roman senator
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (345–402 CE), Roman senator, orator and author
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (consul 446), 5th-century Roman senator
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus (d. 526), Roman historian and politician
Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus, Politician of the Roman Empire
Quintus Baebius Tamphilus, Third Century BCE Roman statesman
Quintus Minucius Thermus (consul 193 BC), Roman senator and general
Quintus Minucius Thermus (governor of Asia), Roman tribune in 62 BC, praetor, and governor of Asia
Quintus Aelius Tubero (consul), 1st-century BC Roman senator and consul
Quintus Aelius Tubero (Stoic), Roman philosopher and politician
Quintus Aelius Tubero (historian), Roman jurist, statesman and author
Quintus Lollius Urbicus, 2nd-century senator, military commander and governor
Quintus Veranius, 1st century AD Roman general, consul and governor
Quintus Veranius (governor of Cappadocia), Roman governor of Cappadocia in 18 AD
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (c. 280 – 203 BC), Roman statesman and general
Quintus Lucretius Vespillo, Roman consul
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 467 BC), Roman senator and consul
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 485 BC), Consul of the Roman Republic
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 423 BC), 5th-century BC Roman consul and consular tribune
Quintus Poetelius Libo Visolus, 5th-century BC Roman politician and decemvir
Quintus Mamilius Vitulus, Third Century BCE Roman statesman and general, consul in 262 BCE

Surname

Aksel Quintus Bosz [nl] (1915–1993), Surinamese jurist, politician, and professor
Johan Wichers Quintus [nl] (1807–1864), Dutch notary and politician
Justus Datho Quintus [nl] (1733–1817), Dutch politician
Justus Datho Lewe Quintus [nl] (1811–1889), Dutch judge and politician
Konrád Quintus [hu] (born 1960), Hungarian actor
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus (1917–2017), Romanian politician
Roelof Antonius Quintus [nl] (1816–1894), Dutch administrator
Walter Quintus [de] (1949–2017), German musician, composer, and audio engineer
Willem Jan Quintus [nl] (1778–1839), Dutch politician

References

↑ Boyle, Emma. "Quintus". The BUMP. Retrieved 22 February 2026.

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[1] Boyle, Emma. "Quintus". The BUMP. Retrieved 22 February 2026.