Quinton is an English surname and place name, found in Birmingham and Northamptonshire, meaning "queen's town" or "queen's settlement", from the Old English cwen and tun; it is also used as a variant of Quentin, "fifth". It has a long history in the American South, where the actor Quinton Aaron and several football players have carried it. Quinton stood at number 379 in 2000 and has declined gradually since, ranking number 976 among boys' names in 2025.