Quincy.
A surname from Old French.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old French.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name.
A commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A census-designated place, the county seat of Plumas County, California. Originally named Quinsy.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A city, the county seat of Gadsden County, Florida.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A city, the county seat of Adams County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A township in Adams County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Owen County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: An unincorporated community and township in Adams County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: An unincorporated community and township in Greenwood County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A township and village therein, in Branch County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A township in Houghton County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A village in Miami Township, Logan County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A city in Grant County, Washington.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: Synonym of Dickinson, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States named after people with the surname, including: A town and ghost town therein, in Adams County, Wisconsin.
Where this word comes from
A Norman surname of Old French origin, from a place name Quincy or Quincey in France, ultimately from Latin Quintus (“fifth [born]”). Use in reference to toilets derives from President John Quincy Adams, who was the first to have one installed at the White House.
A kind of dry white wine made from Sauvignon blanc grapes grown near Quincy in the Loire valley.
A toilet: a fixture for urination and defecation, particularly (humorous) as a personification of the device.
I'll be right back. I need to go visit Quincy.
Where this word comes from
A Norman surname of Old French origin, from a place name Quincy or Quincey in France, ultimately from Latin Quintus (“fifth [born]”). Use in reference to toilets derives from President John Quincy Adams, who was the first to have one installed at the White House.
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