Kent
English
Etymology
From Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kent
- A maritime county in the southeast of England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
- A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
- A town in Connecticut
- An unincorporated census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States
- A census-designated place in Iowa
- A city in Minnesota
- A town in New York
- A city in Ohio
- A city in Washington, United States
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- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage; but never popular.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
the English maritime county
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Catalan
Proper noun
Kent m
Danish
Proper noun
Kent
- a male given name from English, interpreted as a short form of Kenneth.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Kent
- a male given name from English, 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)
- a male given name.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] 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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