Trent

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Trent, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Kent
• Rhett
• Shane
• Vaughn
• Seth
• Scott
• Brock
• Vince
• Roy
• Kyle
• Ross
• Wade

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Trent is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Greek given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States

  Also written Τρεντ

70 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Trent is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from Trent, Dorset, or from the River Trent; first attested John de Trente 12th Seals (So)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, A placename

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, river, NC, Canada, England; dry.

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Italy

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Dutch, a hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Trent Lottb. 1941USUnited States Senator from Mississippi
• Trent Franksb. 1957USAmerican politician
• Sananda Maitreyab. 1962USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
• Trent Reznorb. 1965USAmerican musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and composer
• Trent Opalochb. 1969CACanadian actor and cinematographer
• Trent Haagab. 1971USFilm actor, screenwriter
• Trent Fordb. 1979USBritish-American model and actor
• Trent Garrettb. 1984USAmerican actor
• Trent Sainsburyb. 1992AUAustralian association football player
• Trent Alexander-Arnoldb. 1998GBEnglish association football player (born 1998)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Trent a male or female name?

Trent is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Trent mean, and where does it come from?

person living by the Trent; river name meaning ‘trespasser’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How do you pronounce Trent?

A machine transcription gives /tɹɛnt/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Trent have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 48 thousand people named Trent, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled trent.

How common is the name Trent?

In the United States, the national register counted 47,904 people named Trent in 2020, about 1 in 6.9 thousand residents.

How common is Trent compared with other names?

In the United States, Trent is the 978th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.