McQuaid,
McQuade
From the Irish meaning ‘son of Wat’, with the prefix
the surname is found in Monaghan and surrounding counties. Without
the prefix it is found mainly in Limerick. The name Qua, found
in Armagh is possibly an abbreviation. |
Quail,
Quayle
Of Manx origin, found mainly in Louth and parts of east Ulster.
Queale is a less common form. |
Qualter
Found in parts of Mayo and Galway, a variation of the name MacWalter.
A branch of the Connacht Burke clan. |
Quaney
A variation of the surname Queeney, found in Co. Roscommon. |
Quarry
In Cos. Cork and Waterford it is a Huguenot name derived from
the Old-French for ‘squarely built’. In Ulster it is
short for the Scottish MacQuarrie. |
Queally
Originated in south Kilkenny and in north Clare. Not to be confused
with Kealy, Keeley or Kiely. |
Queenan
Almost exclusively found in Cos. Sligo and Roscommon. Cunnane
and not Kinnane is variation. |
McQueen
Scottish in origin and found in Ulster. Without the prefix is
sometimes a variant of Queen in Louth and Monaghan. Same derivation
as MacSweeney, Mac Suibhne. ŒSuibhne¹ suggesting a pleasant person. |
McQueeney
A synonym of MacWeeney in Co. Roscommon and Mulqueeney in Co.
Clare. Derivation similar to McQueen. |
Quick
Has its origins in Devon, England and occasionally a variant of
Quirke in Co. Cork. |
Quigley
Originated in Co. Mayo but found in most parts of the country.
In sporting terms associated with Co. Wexford, because of a famous
hurling family of that name. There is some speculation that it
is derived from an Irish word meaning a person with dishevelled
hair. Cogley and Kegley are variants. |
MacQuilkin
In the west, where the prefix is no longer used in the English
form, the name is a branch of the Staunton family, also translated
as Culkin or Culkeen. In Ulster it may be a synonym of MacKellican. |
Quill
From the Irish word for ‘hazel’, it has its origins
in Co. Kerry and is also found in neighbouring Co. Cork. |
MacQuillan
Has its roots in Co. Antrim and spread to neighbouring counties
in the north east. It was adopted by the Mandevilles, a Norman
family who became immersed into Irish culture. In some instances
it was changed to McCullen or MacWilliam. |
Quilter
From the Old-French meaning ‘maker of quills’, it is
associated with north Kerry since the Middle Ages. |
Quilty
A Munster name particularly associated with Co. Limerick. Kielty
is a variation found in Connacht. In Ulster sometimes used as
a variant of Small (possibly from the Irish caol meaning ‘slender)
and Woods (from coillte the Irish for ‘woods’) |
Quinlan
Possibly from the Irish meaning ‘gracefully shaped’.
Originated in Leinster, a branch of the O’Neill’s descended
from Laoghaire, High King of Ireland at the time of St. Patrick.
In some cases has evolved into Connellan or Conlon. |
Quinlevan
A Co. Clare form of Quinlan. |
Quinn
Has its origins in four distinct septs from Antrim, Clare, Longford
and Tyrone. The Irish O’Cuinn is a derivation of the first
name Conn. |
Quinnell
An English surname dating back to the 11th century from the Old-English
meaning ‘woman-war’. |
Quinney
A Tyrone surname possibly derived from the first name Coinneach
(Canice or Kenny). Anglicised as Cunny in Co. Sligo and also sometimes
changed to Quinn. |
Quirke
A Tipperary name and one of the leading family of Clanwilliam.
Kirk, Quick and even Oates (mistranslation of the Irish coirce
meaning oats) are synonyms. |
Quish,
Cush
Originated in Cos. Limerick and Cork, possibly derived the from
the Irish cois meaning ‘leg’, thus suggesting a courier. |
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