Kent

Etymology

From Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Proper noun

Kent

1. A maritime county in the southeast of England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
2. A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
3. A town in Connecticut
4. an unincorporated census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA
5. A census-designated place in Iowa
6. A city in Minnesota
7. A town in New York
8. A city in Ohio
9. A city in Washington, USA
10. A surname​ derived from the place name.
11. A male given name transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage, but never popular.

Anagrams

• tekn-

Proper noun

Kent m

1. Kent

Proper noun

Kent

1. A male given name borrowed from English, interpreted as a short form of Kenneth.

Proper noun

Kent

1. A male given name borrowed from English and interpreted as a short form of Kenneth.

Alternative forms

• Kenth

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kent at the same time as Kenneth. Generally interpreted as a short form of Kenneth in Scandinavia. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1923.

Proper noun

Kent c (genitive Kents)

1. A male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 771 males with the given name Kent living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.