Kent

See also: kent, -ként, and кент

English

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.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Kent m

  1. Kent

Danish

Proper noun

Kent

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Kent

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

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.
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