How do u pronounce the french name Quentin or Quintin?

Question

sounds something like Qwantan or Qantang.

i am confused please enlighten me. i am not sure if its a last name or first name. i come across this for it is a colleague of my boss and im going to call him on monday.

please help. thanks in advance.

Answer 1

In English it is pronounced "kwentin". I am not aware of it being a French name, so that is how I would pronounce it. Probably an English or American person living in France.

Answer 2

Quintin it's not a name in french, it's just a little town in Brittany.

Answer 3

It's: Quentin

Answer 4

My fathers friend is called Quentin and he's french. So possibly that.

Answer 5

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As Rose T said, QU is just like a K sound and the N doesn't get pronounced as it is part of two different nasal sounds in "Quentin". The first syllable is similar to the British English pronunciation of "can't" but the second syllable has no equivalent in English.

By the way, the name Quintin does not exist in French, it is Quentin.

Answer 6

In French (and Spanish) QU is pronounced like a K in English.

Quentin would be something like KawnTAN.

Quintin would be something like KahnTAN.

In both cases, the n's are not fully pronounced; they are just hinted at.