It is also of Scandinavian origin, where its meaning is "both comely, finely made and born of fire".

Kent, is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable and is pronounced Kent.

In 2012, it was not one of the top 1000 most popular U.S. boys names.

View the Kent Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Kent has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Kent to other names.

Kent is a diminutive (nickname) of Kennet.

Kent falls into the name categories college or university, place.

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