Kent Forename

4,968th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 210,404 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Kent Forename Definition:

A Celtic name, meaning: Chief. (Cymric) Radiant. (Old English) The walking stick that helps over a ditch. (Teutonic) Recognized by a judicial act.

Kent Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
129,7291:2,795486
Sweden
100%
30,6711:32155
Philippines
98%
 
11,4981:9,2201,268
Canada
100%
10,4371:3,175583
Denmark-5,4601:1,035215
Norway
100%
3,4351:1,494298
Australia-2,6871:5,083663
New Zealand-1,3331:3,403562
Russia
98%
 
1,0751:134,1712,320
Saudi Arabia-1,0491:29,3733,696
England
100%
1,0241:54,3002,506
Malaysia
93%
 
9751:31,2312,861
China-8411:1,624,32339,883
Sri Lanka-6441:32,2973,883
Ghana
100%
6181:43,6672,441
South Africa
98%
 
5631:96,8617,958
Zambia-5101:31,0882,315
Indonesia-5021:513,87238,388
Hong Kong-4361:17,7812,046
Japan-4161:307,6598,667
Malawi
100%
4021:42,5682,981
Nigeria
95%
 
3961:448,39514,621
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
3831:3,555668
Kenya-3631:127,5686,122
Finland
100%
3351:16,3681,013
Singapore
100%
3171:19,8333,608
Thailand
100%
3141:223,14014,118
Poland
100%
2831:134,3712,707
Belize
100%
2721:1,303286
Germany
100%
2431:397,8514,624
Peru
100%
1911:166,4474,745
Papua New Guinea
69%
 
1651:49,4084,776
Venezuela
100%
1351:223,7187,859
Dominican Republic-1301:80,2414,513
Jamaica-1281:22,5251,776
Estonia
100%
1231:10,6941,172
Brazil
100%
1011:2,121,15043,813
Nicaragua
100%
911:66,1362,790
Tanzania
100%
881:599,86715,752
Egypt-871:1,056,33318,582
India
72%
 
841:14,462,833382,462
Saint Lucia
100%
771:2,309428
Netherlands
99%
 
721:234,7518,223
Mexico
100%
661:1,880,97611,473
Taiwan
100%
661:360,14724,059
Belarus
100%
621:152,9421,446
DR Congo
75%
 
621:1,190,76833,715
Grenada
100%
571:1,897398
Kuwait-571:66,4085,422
Vietnam
100%
571:1,624,9673,029
Cayman Islands
100%
541:1,135255
Greenland-511:1,105240
France
100%
491:1,356,5389,323
Switzerland
100%
491:167,6224,226
Honduras
100%
471:187,6064,536
Portugal-461:226,3234,580
Panama
100%
411:95,2824,823
Ecuador-401:443,1735,032
Scotland
100%
401:133,7592,800
United Arab Emirates-401:178,80011,813
Uganda
73%
 
381:1,077,81418,180
Liberia
100%
371:119,2454,888
Bermuda-361:1,801401
Guyana
100%
331:23,1292,720
Qatar
100%
311:76,4399,122
United States Virgin Islands-301:3,658648
Ireland
100%
291:160,1213,351
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
95%
 
281:3,985727
Turkey
100%
281:2,778,63216,815
Costa Rica
100%
271:176,5914,323
Wales
100%
261:119,0122,694
Colombia
100%
251:1,911,15716,382
Chile
86%
 
241:733,6347,584
South Korea-241:231,0188,270
Bahamas-231:17,3641,170
Spain-231:2,023,04211,683
Botswana-211:104,0218,595
Guam-211:7,6501,166
Iraq
100%
191:1,843,04511,423
Kazakhstan
100%
191:934,04410,348
Macau-191:32,011444
Zimbabwe
80%
 
191:811,78030,897
Afghanistan
100%
151:2,174,90118,600
Azerbaijan
83%
 
141:688,78212,126
Bolivia-101:1,060,1403,387
Italy
89%
 
101:6,106,20925,028
Fiji-91:99,1531,900
Laos-91:731,873503
Morocco-91:3,816,5158,291
Aruba-81:12,9721,901
Austria
100%
81:1,064,2757,469
Ukraine
100%
81:5,687,4889,604
Argentina
67%
 
71:6,110,46314,292
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Anguilla
100%
61:2,209418
Faroe Islands
100%
61:8,188985
Northern Mariana Islands-61:9,1111,173
Albania
100%
51:609,31420,025
Belgium
100%
51:2,298,00820,299
Guatemala
100%
51:3,221,6866,935
Haiti-51:2,145,39120,367
Moldova-51:712,2283,885
Pakistan
100%
51:38,871,536142,270
Bangladesh-41:39,865,34224,379
Barbados-41:72,4472,209
Chad
100%
41:3,399,6008,891
Dominica-41:18,868592
Kyrgyzstan
100%
41:1,493,31926,894
Myanmar-41:12,987,0681,965
Uzbekistan-41:7,696,61011,277
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
Czechia
95%
 
31:3,552,0546,491
Greece
100%
31:3,644,84916,562
Latvia-31:671,8823,893
Lebanon
100%
31:1,875,85711,580
Yemen-31:8,765,5849,038
Algeria-21:19,088,36022,377
Cambodia-21:8,136,66551,498
Cameroon
100%
21:10,805,25286,897
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Hungary
100%
21:4,895,8864,852
Iceland
100%
21:183,0085,215
Israel-21:4,201,45930,777
Luxembourg
100%
21:282,0243,520
Micronesia-21:53,2501,276
Solomon Islands-21:290,4786,813
Armenia
100%
11:2,918,75314,910
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Isle of Man-11:85,023723
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Paraguay-11:7,236,80516,549
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Tajikistan-11:8,374,9227,831
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604

Kent (116,085) may also be a surname.

Kent Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Celtic name, meaning: Chief. (Cymric) Radiant. (Old English) The walking stick that helps over a ditch. (Teutonic) Recognized by a judicial act.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Kent Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenth896,751/
Kente89173/
Kient8963/
Kennt8960/
Kentt8936/
Kendt8917/
Keent8916/
Hkent899/
Kaent897/
Ckent897/
Gkent895/
Kkent894/
Kentd894/
Kuent892/
Koent891/
Kehnt891/
Knt8691/
Kennth803,477/
Kienth8033/
Keenth8017/
Kenthe806/
Kennht803/
Kennte802/
Kenntt802/
Kenndt801/
Ckient801/
Ckkent801/
Keunth801/
Kemnth801/
Ken'te801/
Kent'h801/
Kenthd801/
Kenthz801/
Kentte801/
Kehnte801/
Kkenth801/
Kendth801/
Kent's801/
Cent751,110/
Kint75357/
Kend75203/
Kynt7520/
Hknt753/
Khnt751/
Kqnt751/
Kntz751/
Knts751/
Knte751/
Qent751/
Kennthe7317/
Kenntth736/
Kenntte732/
Kenntht732/
Kenndth732/
Kentova731/
Keenths731/
Kennhth731/
Quent67456/
Kinte67318/
Kengy6769/
Kinth6751/
Kuunt6750/
Chent6745/
Kynth6727/
Kindt6716/
Kuint6714/
Kennd6710/
Kaend676/
Koend673/
Keemt672/
Qents672/
Kyont672/
Kemth672/
Kendh672/
Hcent672/
Keend672/
Qient671/
Ckint671/
Kendd671/
Kjntw671/
Knthd671/
Keniuata671/
Kcntd671/
Kqnnt671/
Kynte671/
Kyndt671/
Knøtt671/
Cennt671/
Kisnt671/
Kintt671/
Kiend671/
Qenth671/
Qente671/
Qoent671/
Cehnt671/

Kent Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kent in the Russian language
Кентkent-

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