Avent

• Avant, Avants

Perhaps a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman personal name or nickname Avenant, from Old French avenant (“fitting, apt; beautiful”).

Avent (plural Avents)

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Avent is the 12541^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2470 individuals. Avent is most common among Black/African American (54.45%) and White (38.18%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Avent”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72.

• avent (less common)

Borrowed from Latin adventus.

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃/
• Homophone: avant

Avent m (uncountable)

1. Advent (season before Christmas)

• calendrier de l’Avent

• “Avent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• navet
• vante, vanté
• venta