In the world, Sergent (Sergent 
, Sargento 
, Sersan 
) is a rare dominantly male, but infrequently female given name. The forename Sergent is habitual in Cameroon, where it is a rare male name, Nigeria, where it is a rare unisex name, and Algeria, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Bangladesh. More prevalently, Sergent is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Sergent | United Kingdom, United States, France, Mexico, Nigeria |
| Sargento | United States, France, Mexico, Philippines, Colombia |
| Sersan | United States, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Canada |
Sergent is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sergent Chesterfield , character in The Blue Coats; Sergent Don Henderson , the character in The Mentalist; Sergent Boileau , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes », Kiss Me Like a Lover; Sergent de Ville , the musical character in the musical The Circus Girl by Ivan Caryll and Sergent Mike Paquet , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Ceci n'est pas un polar », Stranger in a Cab, among other works.