Kent
[kɛnt]Meaning
English surname from the county of Kent, from Brythonic "border, edge, coast"
Background Story
Kent is an English given name taken from a surname, which came from the county of Kent. The county name descends from Middle English Kent and Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium and a Brythonic word. That root is Proto-Celtic *kantos, meaning "corner, rim". Italian also uses Kent, borrowed unchanged from English.
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