Kent

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ORIGIN AND HISTORY

Kent is a contraction of Kennet, believed to be a Scandinavian form of Kenneth. Kent is also an abbreviation of the English surname Kenton, a word derived from various prefixes associated with the location name “town” and that include border, king and bold. ^[1] It can also be a version of the word/name Ken.

POPULARITY

Social Security Administration - Empty rankings indicate the name was not among the 1000 most popular names for that year.

Internationally, Kent is also popular in Norway, Australia and Canada

FACTS

• Kent was a county in southeast England located on the English Channel and which was formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom. This area of Kent was the first to be colonized by the Romans^[1]
• The Swedish recognizes the 22nd of March as a name day for the name Kent.
• Kent is the name of a number of educational institutions. Perhaps the most well known is Kent State University, the site of an infamous shooting by the United States National Guard of student protesters in 1970.

Others include:

• University of Kent, England
• Kent City School District, Portage County, Ohio, USA
• Kent School District, a school district in the state of Washington, USA
• Kent School, a private high school in Kent, Connecticut, USA
• Chicago-Kent College of Law, a law school in Chicago, Illinois, USA^[1]

NAMESAKES

• Kent City, MI Population (1990): 899 Zip code(s): 49330
• Kent County, RI Population (1990): 161135
• Kent Acres, DE Population (1990): 1807
• Kent County, DE Population (1990): 110993
• Kent County, MD Population (1990): 17842
• Kent County, MI Population (1990): 500631
• Kent County, TX Population (1990): 1010
• New Kent County, VA Population (1990): 10445
• Kent, WA Population (1990): 37960 Zip code(s): 98031, 98032, 98042
• Kent, TX Zip code(s): 79855
• Kent, OR Zip code(s): 97033
• Kent, OH Population (1990): 28835 Zip code(s): 44240
• Kent, NY Zip code(s): 14477
• Kent, MN Population (1990): 131 Zip code(s): 56553
• Kent, CT Zip code(s): 06757
• Kent, IL Zip code(s): 61044
• New Kent, VA Zip code(s): 23124
• South Kent, CT Zip code(s): 06785 ^[1]

FAMOUS PERSONS

• Kent Anderson, baseball player
• Kent Benson, basketball player
• Kent Bottenfield, baseball player
• Kent Graham, football player
• Kent Jones, PGA tour golfer
• Kent McDonell, professional hockey player
• Kent Rominger, Astronaut
• Kent Tekulve, baseball player
• Jeff Kent, baseball player
• Corita Kent, American muralist and printmaker
• Ed Kent, baseball player
• Grace Kent, published author
• Heather Kent, actress/entertainer
• Jean Kent, actress/entertainer
• Maury Kent, baseball player
• Stacey Kent, Jazz artist^[1]

OTHER KENT'S

Kent Hodder, Kent Smith, Kent Johnson, Kent Williams, Kent Jones, Kent Brown, Kent Davis, Kent Miller, Kent Wilson, Kent Moore, Kent Taylor, Kent Abraham, Kent Ackerson, Kent Ackley, Kent Ackmann, Kent Acosta, Kent Acree, Kent Acton, Kent Acuff, Kent Adair, Kent Adam, Kent Adamonis, Kent Adamson, Kent Adcock, Kent Addams, Kent Addington, Kent Addis, Kent Addison, Kent Addleman, Kent Addy, Kent Adee, Kent Adelung, Kent Aden, Kent Aderholt, Kent Aderman, Kent Adkerson, Kent Adkins, Kent Adkisson, Kent Adler, Kent Adlesperger, Kent Adlong, Kent Adney, Kent Adolphe, Kent Adolphson, Kent Adrian, Kent Adriansen, Kent Adrienne, Kent Adsit, Kent Aeachliman, Kent Aeby, More results

Author: Mike_Szimanski

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