Quin Family Crest & Name History

Quin sits within the Quinn family of names, which has Irish roots. Without the “n” of Quinn, Quin is a simpler written form of the same name. Its meaning, shared with Quinn, is “Descendant of Conn, "chief”. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

The same family of names includes O'Quinn and MacQuinn.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Quin, so the heraldry linked to Quinn is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Quin report, with a museum-style coat of arms.