Quinn is the sole Q-name in the girls' Top 1000, and it also ranks for boys, along with Quentin, Quinten, Quintin, & Quincy.
Q is also the least common ending letter, so let's do those, too. :)
Boys:
- Faruq (fah-ROOK, Arabic)--"one who can tell right from wrong". Also transliterated as Farooq.
- Khaliq (KHAH-leek, Arabic)--"creator". One of the names of Allah.
- Qadir (KAH-deer, Arabic)--"able". Another of the names of Allah.
- Qais (kah-ees, Arabic)
- Qasim (KAH-sim, Arabic)--"one who shares"
- Quanah (KWAH-nah, Comanche)--"fragrant"
- Quidel (kee-DEL, Spanish)--from Mapuche "torch"
- Quillan (KWIL-lan, English)--from Irish patronymic, "holly"
- Quim (KEEM, Catalan, Portuguese)--short form of Joaquim
- Quintillus (KWIN-til-lus, Latin)--"little Quintus"
- Quintus (KWIN-tus, Latin)--"fifth"
- Qusay (koo-SYE, Arabic)--also transliterated as Qusai.
- Rafiq (rah-FEEK, Arabic)--"friend"
- Shafiq (shah-FEEK, Arabic)--"compassionate"
- Tariq (TAH-rik, Arabic)--"one who knocks"
- Tawfiq (taw-FEEK, Arabic)--"good luck"
Girls:
- Qadira (kah-DEER-ah, Arabic)--feminine of Qadir
- Qiana (kee-AH-nah, [American] English)--from the synthetic fabric
- Quena (KWAY-nah, [archaic] English)--from Old English, "woman, queen"
- Quenilda (kwen-IL-dah, [archaic] English)--from Old English, "queen-battle". Other forms include Quenell & Quenilla.
- Queniva (KWAY-niv-ah, kwen-EE-vah, [archaic] English)--from Old English, "queen-gift"
- Queralt (keh-RAHL, Catalan)--Marian name, from a Spanish mountain sanctuary
- Quetzali (ket-SAH-lee, Spanish)--from Nahuatl, "feather". Also spelled Quetzalli.
- Quezia (keh-ZEE-ah, Portuguese)--form of Keziah
- Quintina (kwin-TEE-nah, Latin)--feminine of Quintin.
- Quinturay (keen-too-RYE, Spanish)--from Mapuche, "seeking flowers"
- Rahiq (rah-HEEK, Arabic)--"nectar"
Unisex:
- Qamar (kah-MAHR, Arabic)--"moon"
- Quinlan (KWIN-lan, English)--from Irish patronymic, "beautiful shape"
A great number of Inuit language names (Greenlandic, Inuktitut, etc) also seem to begin/end/contain Q, but verifying the accuracy of such names online, as well as pronunciation, has proven difficult. :(
