Quincy

Quincy has a jazz trumpet in one hand and a Massachusetts deed in the other. Originally a Norman French place name, from the Roman estate of Quintius, "the fifth," it crossed into England as a surname and then to America with the family that produced presidents John and John Quincy Adams. In the twentieth century, Quincy Jones reshaped the name entirely, turning it into a signature of sophistication and swing. Ranked 689 and comfortably unisex now, it arrives with patrician gravity and midnight bassline in equal measure. Two syllables, one rare initial consonant, and a name that moves with a composed, velvety confidence.