Kent

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Kent

Gender: Masculine.
Language: English
Etymology:
Kent is an English surname possibly from a Celtic word meaning “Border.”
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Kent is a contraction of Kennet, a Scandinavian form of Kenneth.
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Kent is short for Kenton, a English surname meaning “Border Town,” “Bold Town,” or “King Town.”

History:
Kent is one of those names like Sherman, Taylor, Russell, or Harrison, that was a surname transferred to become a first name. It began to be used as a first name in the late-19th, early-20th century.

Pronunciation: kent.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Kent Cooper (1880-1965)
American journalist.

Educators, Scholar, and Social Workers:
Kent V. Flannery (1934-)
American archaeologist and anthropologist.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.048 % named Kent

Popularity of Kent:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 924th most popular.
1910-1920: 867th most popular.
1920-1930: 674th most popular.
1930-1940: 347th most popular.
1940-1950: 218th most popular.
1950-1960: 165th most popular.
1960-1970: 169th most popular.
1970-1980: 293rd most popular.
1980-1990: 363rd most popular.
1990: 503rd most popular.
1991: 538th most popular.
1992: 540th most popular.
1993: 573rd most popular.
1994: 599th most popular.
1995: 704th most popular.
1996: 658th most popular.
1997: 683rd most popular.
1998: 700th most popular.
1999: 787th most popular.
2000: 769th most popular.
2001: 884th most popular.
2002: 943rd most popular.
2003: 888th most popular.