Meaning and Origin
What does the name Trent mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Oklahoma, U.S. says the name Trent means "Village" and is of Irish origin.
- A submission from Missouri, U.S. says the name Trent means "Town" and is of English origin.
- A submission from Philippines says the name Trent means "A person that is sweet and not fake. Trent also means gift of god" and is of Filipino (Philippines) origin.
- A city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent
- A river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber
- From Welsh tros (over) + hynt (way), often taken to mean "the trespasser"
- Another possibility: a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic origin.
- (less common form) Trento, the city in Italy.
- A river that rises in Staffordshire and flows to join the Ouse and form the Humber estuary.
- An English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.