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[Opinions] Kent
It's sounding refreshing to me. Wdyt?
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I don't love it, particularly, but I can see how it would be refreshing. Personally, I'd way prefer it as a nickname.
Kenneth
Kenton
Kenta
Kentigern (although this is Scottish so I haven't the foggiest idea whether it's pronounced anywhere close to 'Kent')
Kennet
Klement
Kenaston
Vikenti
Innokenti
Akhenaton
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It's my husbands name. For the first several months, I thought he shortened his name from Kenneth or Kenton. But nope, his name is Kent. Sometimes people miss the T so he becomes Ken a lot.
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I really like Kent. I was shocked when I learned it's my uncle's name (he goes by his middle name, always has)

Since I'm a sucker for longer names with a nickname, Kenton nn Kent has always been on my list, but I think it's a great stand alone name too.
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Just makes me think of the (fairly) large county in England.
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As long as the ln isn't Clark! Since Kenneth seems unusable still, it's one way to achieve a Ken son.
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Why is Kenneth unusable?
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No clue. Seems perfectly good to me. But it peaked in about 1950 and has been in steep decline since 1965ish. Probably just has a middle-aged to elderly image. Also, people here often say they aren't keen on names ending in -th, like Kenneth, Gwyneth and Beth.
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