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What does Kent mean?

Kent Pronunciation of Kent as a boys' name is pronounced kent. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Kent is "edge". Also a place name for a county in England. Football player Kent Graham; artist Rockwell Kent.

STARTS WITH Ken-

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, edge (warrior), england

Variations

VARIANTS Kennt, Kentrell, Kentt

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kent Destin (K.D.), ..

How popular is Kent?

Kent is a very popular first name for men (#293 out of 1220, Top 24%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#733 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Kent reached its apex position of #159 in the U.S. during the years 1950-1959, and is at #1204 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kent name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kent outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Kentrell (#1595 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) is the only other prominent related form of Kent (#1204). These relations of Kent reached the height of their popularity during 1960-1969 (ADOPTION OF 0.1%) and have become significantly less common since.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kent, Kentrell in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kent and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Kent is pronounced similarly to Quent and Quint. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bennt, Bent, Bernt, Brent, Hunt, Kana, Kane, Kano, Kean, Keane, Keanu, Keats, Keen, Keene, Keer, Kees, Keh, Keir, Keith, Keld, Kell, Kemp, Ken, Kenan, Kenji, Kenly, Kenn, Kennet, Kenny, Kentan (see Kenton), Kentin, Kenton, Keon, Keoni, Ker, Kerk, Kern, Kerr, Ketti, Key, Keye, Keyne, Keys, King, Kit, Kitt, Klint, Knut, Kolt, Kort, Kurt and Trent. These names tend to be less commonly used than Kent.

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