Names

Nickname for a quick or agile person, ultimately from Old English cwic meaning “alive”.

Habitational name from Quesada, a place in Jaén in southern Spain. The place name is of uncertain derivation; it could be connected to Old Spanish requexada meaning “corner, tight spot”.

From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning “queen, woman”. In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.

From Italian quattro meaning “four” and occhi meaning “eyes”, a nickname for a person who wore glasses. It is usually found in Sicily.

Means “forty” in Italian.

Derived from the given name Qadir.

From Puttenham, the name of towns in Hertfordshire and Surrey in England, which mean “Putta’s homestead”.

From Russian путь (put) meaning “road, path”. This surname is borne by the Russian president Vladimir Putin (1952-).

From Hungarian puszta meaning “plain, steppe”. The name was given to someone living on a plain.

Occupational name for a gunsmith or cannon maker, from Hungarian puska meaning “gun” (from German, itself from Latin buxis “box”).