Given name & surname
Lent
“a pious man”
Lent is a variant of Lenton. One American interpretation is “a pious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lent is a variant of Lenton. One American interpretation is “a pious man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lent is a variant of Lenton. An origin associated with Lenton is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lent through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 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 1916. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,038 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lent’s family of names
In English usage, Lent as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Dutch form Lente. Lent has a related form in Lenton. In English usage, Lent as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form Lenz.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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