Brent

English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents.

• IPA^(key): /bɹɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Brent (countable and uncountable, plural Brents)

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 20th century and later usage.
3. A placename
   1. A small river in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Thames at Brentford.
   2. A London borough in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, created in 1965 from the merger of the boroughs of Wembley and Willesden.