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A Mennonite family name, Quiring occurred first as a Christian name; [[Meulen, Quiryn van der (d. ca. 1600)|Quirin van der Meulen]] (d. ca. 1600), the second elder of the Danzig congregation, latinized his Frisian name Kryn. The final g is the Frisian patronymic; Quiring means "son of Quirin." The name was most frequently found in the [[Ladekopp (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Ladekopp]], Orlofferfelde, and [[Tragheimerweide (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Tragheimerweide]] congregations. Many preachers and deacons in the [[West Prussia|West Prussian]] congregations since 1650 had this name. Johann Quiring was a minister in [[Russia|Russia]].

From Russia the name Quiring spread to North and [[South America|South America]]. Today it is found in [[Canada|Canada]], the [[United States of America|United States]], South America and Australia. Several notable representatives have been Johann Quiring (1851-1912), elder of the [[Am Trakt Mennonite Church (Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement, Samara Oblast, Russia)|Am Trakt Mennonite Church]], Samara, Russia; his son Jacob Quiring, an evangelist and Old Testament scholar who taught at [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]] and [[Witmarsum Theological Seminary (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Witmarsum Theological Seminary]]; [[Quiring, Walter (1893-1983)|Walter Quiring]], an educator and journalist who was editor of <em>[[Bote, Der (Periodical)|Der Bote]] </em>in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, starting his position in May 1955; Horst Quiring, a minister, a Mennonite historian, and manager of the Evangelische Missionsverlag of Stuttgart, [[Germany|Germany]].
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