MacQuinn Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Arms linked to Quinn and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Family name meaning

MacQuinn is how some branches of the Quinn family came to write their name. The family name meaning is “Descendant of Conn, "chief”, the same as for Quinn.

MacQuinn and Quinn

The Mac in front of the name is a particle that was often added to Quinn on registers. Other spellings include O'Quinn and Quin.

Get the complete MacQuinn report, with a museum-style coat of arms.