Quinn Family History

Irish:: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinn earlier spelled Ó Cuinn ‘descendant of Conn’ a personal name meaning ‘wisdom’ or ‘chief’ (see O'Quinn). This is the name of several families in Ulster and counties Clare, Longford, and Mayo.

Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinne ‘descendant of Coinne’ a personal name which may be a variant of Coinneach (see also McKenzie). This is an Ulster surname.

A sept deriving from Eoghan, son of Niall Naoighiallach, from whom Tyrone is named. In most cases, the Anglicized forms cannot be distinguished from sense 1 above.

Although final -e may have been intended as syllabic.