Here is a list of Italian names that start with Q. The page includes Italian names for boys and girls from different eras, as well as last names.
The list is divided into several sections. The modern names are baby names and other names popular in the 2000s, while the traditional names are those common among people born during the Renaissance. Some names that have remained popular over the years appear on both lists.
The names in this list come from multiple sources: modern Italian baby names popular in the 2000s, the 1,000 most common Italian surnames today, and historical names from the Italian Renaissance of the 1400s. However, there were no common Italian names that began with Q in the past, and the only examples I found were modern surnames, Therefore this post is much shorter than most other name lists.
All of the names also appear in my Random Italian Name Generator.
- Italian First Names that Start with Q
- Modern Italian Last Names that Start with Q
- Why Are Italian Names Starting with Q So Rare?
As the modern names come from official statistics, not all of them are “ethnically” Italian. However, I decided to keep the statistics as they are instead of filtering out names with different backgrounds.
Italian First Names, Starting with Q
There are no common Italian first names that begin with the letter Q.
Modern Italian Last Names List: Surnames Starting with Q
- Quaglia
- Quaranta
- Quarta
Quaglia means “quail” in Italian, while Quaranta means “forty” and Quarta “fourth”. These surnames reflect practical medieval naming habits: using animals, numbers, and order to distinguish individuals.
Why Are Italian Names Starting with Q So Rare?
Italian names beginning with Q are rare because the letter has a very limited role in the Italian language. Q almost only appears in the fixed combination qu- and seldom starts independent word roots. As a result, Q-surnames exist but are scarce, and Q-first names are virtually nonexistent.
About This List
I have made similar lists of Italian names for all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z:
- Names that Start with A
- Names that Start with B
- Names that Start with C
- Names that Start with D
- Names that Start with E
- Names that Start with F
- Names that Start with G
- Names that Start with H
- Names that Start with I
- Names that Start with J
- Names that Start with K
- Names that Start with L
- Names that Start with M
- Names that Start with N
- Names that Start with O
- Names that Start with P
- Names that Start with Q
- Names that Start with R
- Names that Start with S
- Names that Start with T
- Names that Start with U
- Names that Start with V
- Names that Start with W
- Names that Start with X
- Names that Start with Y
- Names that Start with Z
About Arimo Travels
My website, Arimo Travels, mostly focuses on sustainable travel, although I do write about other topics related to cultures and randomness as well. Besides a random Italian name generator, I have also created almost 100 other random generators, including a random Italian city generator.