Avent

See also: avent, Avént, and 'aven't

English

Alternative forms

• Avant, Avants

Etymology

Perhaps a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman personal name or nickname Avenant, from Old French avenant (“fitting, apt; beautiful”).

Proper noun

Avent (plural Avents)

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Avent is the 12541^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2470 individuals. Avent is most common among Black/African American (54.45%) and White (38.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Avent”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72.

French

Alternative forms

• avent (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃/
• Homophone: avant

Noun

Avent m (uncountable)

1. Advent (season before Christmas)

Derived terms

• calendrier de l'Avent

Further reading

• “Avent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• navet
• vante, vanté
• venta