Gender:
Origin:
Celtic,
English,
Gaelic
471 famous people named Brent found on Wikipedia.
138850 male, 567 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1169-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
73-th in year 1971
Used in: English
Brent is an Old English 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. 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.
From various place names, perhaps derived from a Celtic word, means: hill. Old English and Celtic origin, means: hill, mount, high place, from Old English brant (steep).
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Brent Spiner | 1949 | Actor |
2 | Brent Barry | 1971 | American basketball player |
3 | Brent Musburger | 1939 | American sportscaster |
4 | Brent Weeks | 1977 | American fiction writer |
5 | Brent Burns | 1985 | Canadian ice hockey player |
6 | David Brent | ||
7 | Brent Grimes | 1983 | American football player, cornerback |
8 | Brent Morin | 1986 | American comedian, stand-up comic and actor |
9 | Brent Mydland | 1952 | American keyboardist |
10 | Brent Hinds | 1974 | American musician |
11 | Brent Harvey | 1978 | Australian rules footballer |
12 | Brent Sexton | 1967 | American actor |
13 | George Brent | 1899 | Actor |
14 | Brent Everett | 1984 | Canadian actor |
15 | Jeremiah Brent | ||
16 | Brent Scowcroft | 1925 | 9th & 17th United States National Security Advisor |
17 | Brent Owens | ||
18 | Brent Celek | 1985 | American football tight end |
19 | Brent Venables | 1970 | American football player and coach |
20 | Brent Gretzky | 1972 | Canadian ice hockey centre |
21 | Brent Seabrook | 1985 | Ice hockey player |
22 | Brent Kutzle | 1985 | American musician |
23 | Brent Butt | 1966 | Canadian comedian |
24 | Brent Redstone | 1951 | American businessman |
25 | Brent Laing | 1978 | Canadian curler |
26 | Brent Sutter | 1962 | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
27 | Brent Briscoe | 1961 | American actor and screenwriter |
28 | Tim Brent | 1984 | Canadian ice hockey player |
29 | Carolyn A. Brent | American writer | |
30 | Brent Albright | 1978 | Professional wrestler |
31 | Brent Jennings | 1951 | American actor |
32 | Eve Brent | 1929 | Actress |
33 | Brent Fitz | 1970 | Canadian-born musician and recording artist |
34 | Dannielle Brent | 1979 | British actress |
35 | Brent Primus | 1985 | Mixed martial artist |
36 | Josh Brent | 1988 | American football defensive lineman |
37 | Laura Brent | Australian actress | |
38 | Brent Bolthouse | 1969 | American businessman |
39 | Brent Stait | 1959 | Canadian actor |
40 | Brent Weinbach | American ceomedian | |
41 | Evelyn Brent | 1901 | Stage and film actress from the United States |
42 | Brent Sopel | 1977 | Professional ice hockey player |
43 | Brent Cobb | American musician | |
44 | Brent Metcalf | 1986 | American wrestler |
45 | Brent Forrester | 1967 | American writer and producer |
46 | Brent Petway | 1985 | American professional basketball player |
47 | Chris Brent | 1963 | Australian rules footballer |
48 | Brent Carver | 1951 | Canadian actor |
49 | Brent Mason | 1959 | American musician |
50 | Brent Price | 1968 | American basketball player |
51 | Brent Muscat | 1967 | American musician |
52 | Brent DeBoer | American singer-songwriter | |
53 | Brent Staples | 1951 | American writer |
54 | Brent Urban | 1991 | American football player |
55 | Brent Tate | 1982 | Australian rugby league player |
56 | Brent Ridge | Business person | |
57 | Brent Lakatos | 1980 | Canadian wheelchair racer |
58 | Brent Hoberman | 1968 | British businessman |
59 | Brent Barrett | 1957 | American actor |
60 | Brent Budowsky | 1952 | American journalist |
61 | Margaret Brent | 1601 | American colonist |
62 | Brent Hawkes | 1950 | Canadian politician |
63 | Brent Staker | 1984 | Australian rules footballer |
64 | Brent W. Jeffs | Mormon dissident | |
65 | Brent Pease | 1964 | American football player and coach |
66 | Brent Collins | 1941 | Actor |
67 | Brent Qvale | 1991 | American football player |
68 | Brent Bourgeois | 1958 | American musician |
69 | Brent Bookwalter | 1984 | American racing cyclist |
70 | Brent Lillibridge | 1983 | American baseball player |
71 | Brent Harding | 1967 | American musician |
72 | Brent Liles | 1963 | American musician |
73 | Brent McGrath | 1991 | Australian soccer player |
74 | Brent Kinsman | 1997 | American actor |
75 | Brent Hartinger | 1971 | American writer |
76 | Brent Brisben | American treasure hunt | |
77 | Brent Hodge | 1985 | Canadian film maker |
78 | Brent Moss | 1972 | Player of American football |
79 | Brent Suter | 1989 | American professional baseball player |
80 | Jacob Brent | 1973 | American actor |
81 | Brent Hayden | 1983 | Canadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, world champion, former world record-holder |
82 | Brent Huff | 1961 | American film director, actor and model |
83 | Brent Maddock | 1950 | American film director, producer and screenwriter |
84 | William Lee Brent | 1931 | Black Panther Party member who hijacked a passenger jet to Cuba in 1969 |
85 | Brent Sancho | 1977 | Trinidad and Tobago footballer |
86 | Brent Frankenhoff | 1966 | Writer |
87 | Brent Reilly | 1983 | Australian rules footballer |
88 | Brent Griffiths | 1990 | Australian soccer player |
89 | Brent Miller | Canadian actor | |
90 | Brent Kite | 1981 | Tongan-Australian rugby league player |
91 | Brent Webb | 1980 | New Zealand rugby league player |
92 | Brent Stanton | 1986 | Australian rules footballer |
93 | Brent Strom | 1948 | American baseball player and coach |
94 | Brent Morel | 1987 | American baseball player |
95 | Brent Jackson | ||
96 | Brent Guerra | 1982 | Australian rules footballer |
97 | Brent Runyon | 1957 | American writer |
98 | Brent Schaeffer | 1986 | American football player |
99 | Brent Williams | 1964 | American football player |
100 | Brent Fullwood | 1963 | All-American college football player, professional football player, running back |
101 | Brent Berlin | 1936 | American anthropologist |
102 | Brent Rathgeber | 1964 | Canadian politician |
103 | Brent R. Appel | 1950 | American judge |
104 | Brent Weedman | 1984 | American martial artist |
105 | Brent David Fraser | 1967 | American actor |
106 | Brent Key | 1978 | American football coach |
107 | Tony Brent | 1927 | British traditional pop music singer |
108 | Brent Bailey | 1983 | American film and television actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
109 | Brent Crosswell | 1950 | Australian rules footballer |
110 | Charles Brent | 1862 | American Episopal bishop |
111 | Bundle Brent | ||
112 | Brent Russell | 1980 | South African rugby union player |
113 | Brent Severyn | 1966 | Canadian ice hockey player |
114 | Brent Macaffer | 1988 | Australian rules footballer |
115 | Brent Todd | 1964 | New Zealand rugby league player |
116 | Brent Boyd | 1957 | American football player |
117 | Brent Kallman | 1990 | Footballer |
118 | Brent Sherwin | 1978 | Australian rugby league player |
119 | Brent Mayne | 1968 | American baseball player |
120 | Brent Moloney | 1984 | Australian rules footballer |
121 | Brent Fischer | 1964 | American composer, arranger, bandleader, bass guitarist, percussionist |
122 | Brent Prismall | 1986 | Australian rules footballer |
123 | Brent Michael Davids | 1959 | American composer and musician |
124 | Brent Peterson | 1958 | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
125 | Brent Ashley | 1984 | Musician, Clothing designer |
126 | Enrique Camino Brent | 1909 | Peruvian painter (1909-1960) |
127 | John Brent | 1938 | American comedian |
128 | Brent Gilchrist | 1967 | Canadian ice hockey player |
129 | Brent Anderson | 1988 | American country singer-songwriters |
130 | Brent Titcomb | 1940 | Musician, Actor, Healer |
131 | Brent Ashton | 1960 | Canadian ice hockey player |
132 | Brent Symonette | 1954 | Bahamain businessman |
133 | Brent Fedyk | 1967 | Canadian ice hockey player |
134 | Brent Bambury | 1960 | Canadian radio and television personality |
135 | Brent Guy | 1960 | American football coach |
136 | Brent Spence | 1874 | American politician |
137 | Brent Ryan Green | 1984 | American film director |
138 | Brent White | American film editor | |
139 | Brent Goulet | 1964 | American soccer player |
140 | Brent Armitage | 1965 | Screenwriter, Producer, director, actor |
141 | Brent Woods | 1855 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient |
142 | Brent Scott | 1971 | American basketball player-coach |
143 | Romney Brent | 1902 | Mexican comedian |
144 | Brent Gates | 1970 | American baseball player |
145 | Brent Fletcher | American actor | |
146 | Brent Dalrymple | 1937 | American geologist |
147 | Brent R. Wilkes | 1954 | American businessman |
148 | Brent Renouf | 1988 | Australian rules footballer |
149 | Brent Benjamin | American judge | |
150 | Brent Sanford | 1971 | |
151 | Eden Brent | 1965 | American musician |
152 | Brent Cockbain | 1974 | Australian rugby union player |
153 | Brent Brennan | 1973 | |
154 | Brent Krahn | 1982 | Canadian ice hockey player |
155 | Lynton Brent | 1897 | Actor |
156 | Jonathan Brent | 1949 | American publisher and historian |
157 | Brent Sadler | 1950 | British journalist |
158 | Brent Johnson | 1976 | Player of American and Canadian football |
159 | Brent Abernathy | 1977 | American baseball player |
160 | Brent Regner | 1989 | Canadian ice hockey defenceman |
161 | Brent Richards | 1990 | Footballer |
162 | Brent Maher | American record producer | |
163 | Brent Barton | 1980 | American politician |
164 | Brent Alexander | 1961 | American football player |
165 | Brent Clevlen | 1983 | American baseball player |
166 | Brent Stover | American sports announcer | |
167 | Brent Waltz | 1973 | American politician |
168 | Brent Novoselsky | 1966 | American football player |
169 | Brent Rowan | 1956 | Musician |
170 | Brent McClanahan | 1952 | American football player |
171 | Brent Hawkins | 1983 | Player of American and Canadian football |
172 | Brent Wilson | 1981 | New Zealand rugby union player |
173 | Leslie Brent | 1925 | German-born British immunologist and zoologist |
174 | Brent Brandon | 1960 | United States Air Force officer |
175 | Brent Shaw | 1947 | Canadian historian |
176 | Richard P. Brent | 1946 | Australian academic |
177 | Brent Cash | American musician | |
178 | Brent Sherman | 1974 | American race car driver |
179 | Brent Butler | 1978 | American baseball player |
180 | Brent Bommentre | 1984 | Figure skater |
181 | Brent McMahon | 1980 | Canadian triathlete |
182 | Roger Brent | 1955 | |
183 | Brent Spencer | 1760 | British Army general |
184 | Brent Lang | 1968 | American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion |
185 | Brent LeCras | 1981 | Australian footballer |
186 | Brent Steele | 1947 | American politician |
187 | Brent Adams | 1990 | Lacrosse player |
188 | Brent Jordan | 1963 | American writer |
189 | Brent Newdick | 1985 | New Zealand decathlete |
190 | Robert Brent | 1764 | American mayor |
191 | Brent H. Nielson | 1954 | American general authority |
192 | Brent Hill | 1949 | American politician |
193 | Brent Jones | 1966 | Musician |
194 | Brent Livermore | 1976 | Field hockey player |
195 | Joseph Brent | 1976 | American violinist |
196 | Brent Eccles | Australian musician | |
197 | Burt Brent | Associate Clinical Professor,, Plastic surgery,,Artist | |
198 | Brent Bartholomew | 1976 | Player of American football |
199 | Brent Weber | 1980 | American actor |
200 | Brent Honeywell |