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Kent

boy name · English origin · 1 syllable

Meaning

meaning uncertain, from the English county (possibly 'border land')

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1940s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kent peaked in the 1940s.

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