Apple-like fruit; fifth
Derived from the English name for the golden fruit, which itself comes from the Latin 'cydoneum'. It is also occasionally used as a shortened form of Quintus, meaning 'fifth', often given to a fifth-born child.
Less common today
Quince isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,255 in 1993.
A character in the video game series · Dragon Quest XI
The carpenter and leader of the mechanicals · A Midsummer Night's Dream
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
