The name Qwant is a fusion of several concepts that directly reflect the search engine's promise: to help you find what you’re looking for within a vast amount of information.
Where does the "Q" come from?
The Q in Qwant comes from "Quantities". It refers to the huge volume of data that our indexing robot scans daily to deepen its knowledge of the Web and have up-to-date information.
Where does "want" come from?
The word "want" is a contraction of "wanted", which means sought after in English.
In summary
On Qwant, you search through a large quantity of data — and that is exactly what the name Qwant expresses.