Quincie is an English spelling variant of Quincy, from a Latin-rooted surname meaning "fifth" or linked to a fifth-born child.
Quincie is a softened, feminine variant of Quincy, a name rooted in Old French aristocracy. The place name Quincy — a village in Normandy — derives from the Latin personal name Quintus, meaning "the fifth," a Roman birth-order name that carried prestige through centuries of use. The French noble family de Quincy transplanted the surname to England after the Norman Conquest, and it gradually crossed the Atlantic as both a surname and a given name.
In American history, the name is most famously anchored by John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, who inherited it as a middle name from his maternal great-grandfather Colonel John Quincy. That presidential association gave Quincy a distinctly American flavor — patrician yet approachable. The city of Quincy, Massachusetts, further cemented it as a New World name with deep colonial roots.
The spelling Quincie softens the name's traditionally masculine edges, giving it a whimsical, almost Southern charm. It belongs to the tradition of names like Billie, Georgie, and Frankie — classic masculine names refashioned with a breezy feminine lightness. Though rare, Quincie appeals to parents drawn to vintage-sounding names that feel genuinely uncommon without being invented.