Quill or ''Quille'' is an

anglicised Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

version of the Irish surname " Ó Cuill" ''Coll'', ''Coill'', and ''O'Coill (Ó Coill)'', all of which mean wood, forest or shrub hazel tree. The Coill clan are believed to be a bardic family from

Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...

, particularly counties Kerry and

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. The Irish surname has also been anglicised as '' Woods''. Notable people with the surname include: * Alf Quill, Australian athlete * Declan Quill, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Eric Quill Eric Quill (born February 28, 1978, in Missouri City, Texas) is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Major League Soccer side FC Dallas. Career College An outstanding youth soccer player, Quill was offe ...

(b. 1978), American soccer player * Erin Quill, American actress *

Gene Quill Daniel Eugene Quill (December 15, 1927 – December 8, 1988) was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill. Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry ...

(1927–1988), American musician *

Greg Quill Gregory Raymond Quill (18 April 19475 May 2013) was an Australian-born musician, singer-songwriter and journalist. He lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was an entertainment columnist at the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper from the mid-1980s unt ...

, Australian musician * Jeffrey Quill (1913–1996), British aviator and author * John Quill, Irish rugby player *John Quill, pseudonym of Charles Heber Clark * Kid Quill, stage name of American musician Mitchell Quilleon Brown * Máirín Quill (b. 1936), Irish politician * Michael D. Quill Sr. (b. 1949), mayor of Auburn, NY * Mike Quill, one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a subway workers union * Peter Quill (footballer) (b. 1969), Australian athlete * Timothy Quill, Irish politician * Timothy E. Quill, American physician

Fictional characters

* Peter Quill, birth name of

Star-Lord Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, the character first appeared in '' Marvel Preview'' #4 (January 1976). The son of human Mered ...

, a superhero from Marvel Comics *

Quill A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen/metal-Nib (pen), nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, event ...

, codename of Maxwell Jordan, a character from X-Men comics {{surname, Quill English-language surnames