Kent

See also kent

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Proper noun

Kent

1. A maritime county in the southeast of England bordered by Sussex, Surrey, London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
2. A surname derived from the place name.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage, but never popular.

Translations

the English maritime county

Macedonian: Кент (mk) (Ként) m.

Old English: Cent (ang) f.

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Danish

Proper noun

Kent

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

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Kent

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

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Swedish

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

1. A male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.