Across the world, ケント (Kent 
, Kento 
, ケント 
) is a common boy's first name. The first name ケント is habitual in New Zealand, where it is quite a common male name, Grenada, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a common primarily boy's, but very infrequently female name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, Philippines, and Indonesia. Likewise, ケント is the last name as well as the forename.
ケント is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: The Shadow , the fictional character; Kent Nelson , the comics character and superhero, Smallville; Kent Brockman , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Kento Nanami , the fictional character from Jujutsu Kaisen and Kent V. Nelson , the comics character, Countdown to Final Crisis, among other works.