Brenten

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brenten by the numbers

Brenten was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brenten

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brenten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brendenprince or high noble; a form of Brendan204 in the US (2017)
  • Brentonsettlement of the Britons or on a steep hill155 in the US (2017)
  • Brennenteardrop; a form of Brennan87 in the US (2017)
  • Brexten10 in the US (2017)
  • Brentyn9 in the US (2017)
  • Brentin6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brenten

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