Baby girl names beginning with Q – with origins and meanings
On the hunt for baby name ideas for a girl that start with the 17th letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some quirky suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
Baby girl names beginning with Q along with their origins and meanings. Find out whether your newborn could be a Queenby, Quisha or Quinn
1. Qi
- Origin: Chinese
- Meaning: fine jade
2. Quanella
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: sparkling
3. Quanesha
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: singing
4. Queenby
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: queen’s castle
5. Queenie
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: nickname for Regina, Latin for Queen
- Also: Regina
6. Quella
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: kill, destroy, pacify
7. Querida
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: well-loved
8. Quinn
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: counsel; also used as a boy’s name
9. Quindalyn
- Origin: American
- Meaning: blessed council
10. Quisha
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: beautiful mind
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
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Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications.