Kent (first name)
Kent is an English and Turkish given name .
Origin and meaning
The English first name Kent is derived from the family name of the same name , which in turn is derived from the English county of this name, while the Turkish first name Kent is of Sogdian origin and means "city" or "provincial town".
Variations on the English name
- Knows, Kentrell, Kentt
Name bearer
First name
- Kent Andersson (1942-2006), Swedish motorcycle racer
- Kent Brinkley (1949-2000), American jazz musician
- Kent Cheng (born 1951), Chinese actor and director
- Kent Conrad (* 1948), American politician
- Kent Gudmundsen (* 1978), Norwegian politician
- Kent Haruf (1943-2014), American writer
- H. Kent Hewitt (1887–1972), American admiral
- Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857), American researcher, explorer, and doctor
- Kent McCord (born 1942), American actor
- Kent Nagano (* 1951), American conductor of Japanese descent
- Kent Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish ice hockey player
- Kent O'Connor (born 1987), Canadian football player
- Kent Rominger (* 1956), American astronaut
- Kent Ruhnke (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kent Steffes (* 1968), American beach volleyball player
- Kent Taylor (1906–1987), American actor
- Kent Robin Tønnesen (* 1991), Norwegian handball player
Fictional character
- Kent Brockman, Channel 6 news anchor in Springfield and host of Eye on Springfield in the US animated television series " The Simpsons "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kent on behindthename.com (Engl.)
- ↑ Kent in the name dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish)