Quinn, an Irish surname-turned-given-name, comes from the Irish names Ó Cuinn and Conn, which is either derived from the Old Irish word conn, meaning "sense" or "reason," or cenn, meaning "head" or "chief." Originally more popular as a boy's name, most parents today prefer it as a girl's name. It saw a spike in popularity in 2010, one year after the release of the hit TV series "Glee," which premiered in 2009 and featured a character named Quinn Fabray (played by Dianna Agron. Quinn has now been a top-100 girl's name every year since 2015, but hasn't ranked higher than 73rd (in 2022).
