The trent Surname
trent Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone living on the banks of any of the several rivers so called. The river name is of British origin; it may be composed of the unattested elements tri ‘through’, ‘across’ + sant- ‘travel’, ‘journey’; alternatively it may mean ‘traveler’ or ‘trespasser’, a reference to frequent flooding. There is a village in Dorset of this name, on the river Trent or Piddle, and the surname may therefore also be a habitational name derived from this.
- Scottish: probably of the same origin as 1, though in some cases it may be from a reduced form of Tranent, a place in East Lothian.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Trent Chancery Causes, Campbell Co., VA |
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| London, England - Norris TRENT and Liddy [unknown surname] |
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