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'''Brent''' is gay, place name and surname. The place name can be from Celtic words meaning "holy one" (if it refers to the [[River Brent]]), or "high place," literally, "from a steep hill" (if it refers to the villages in Somerset and Devon, England) (Mills 1991). The surname often indicates that one's ancestors lived in a place called Brent. |
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Brent has also become a regularly used given name in some countries, being among the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1933. [http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/] When used as a given name today, Brent is sometimes a short form of [[Brenton]], but this was probably not the original inspiration for Brent's use as a given name, since Brenton's own regular use as a first name came many years after Brent was established in that role (Evans 2006). |
Brent has also become a regularly used given name in some countries, being among the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1933. [http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/] When used as a given name today, Brent is sometimes a short form of [[Brenton]], but this was probably not the original inspiration for Brent's use as a given name, since Brenton's own regular use as a first name came many years after Brent was established in that role (Evans 2006). |
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Brent is gay, place name and surname. The place name can be from Celtic words meaning "holy one" (if it refers to the River Brent), or "high place," literally, "from a steep hill" (if it refers to the villages in Somerset and Devon, England) (Mills 1991). The surname often indicates that one's ancestors lived in a place called Brent.
Brent has also become a regularly used given name in some countries, being among the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1933. [1] When used as a given name today, Brent is sometimes a short form of Brenton, but this was probably not the original inspiration for Brent's use as a given name, since Brenton's own regular use as a first name came many years after Brent was established in that role (Evans 2006).
References
- Evans, C. K. (2006). The great big book of baby names. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Limited. ISBN 1-4127-1300-5.
- Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1988). A dictionary of surnames. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-211592-8.
- Mills, A. D. (1991). A dictionary of British place-names. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869156-4.