Chief or counsel combined with a meadow or clearing.
A modern American invention, Quinnleigh combines the Irish surname Quinn, meaning 'chief' or 'counsel', with the popular English suffix -leigh, meaning 'meadow'. It follows the trend of creating unique feminine forms by adding traditional nature-based suffixes to established surnames.
Less common today
Quinnleigh isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,992 in 2022.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
