Given name
Corentin
“friend”
Corentin is a masculine given name from Breton. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corentin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Corentin’s family of names
In French usage, Corentin was borrowed from the Breton form KAOURANTIN.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Corentin
- Corentin TolissoFrench footballer (born 1994)
- Corentin MartinsFrench footballer and manager (born 1969)
- Corentin JeanFrench footballerborn 1995
- Corentin MoutetFrench tennis player (b. 1999)
- Corentin ErmenaultFrench cyclistborn 1996
- Corentin of QuimperFrench bishop and saint375–460
- Corentin FilaFrench actorborn 1988
- Corentin Fiorefootballerborn 1995
- Corentin Louis KervranFrench scientist known for his controversial theories on "biological transmutations" (1901–1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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