# Bent (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bent/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Bent

- Bent Larsen, Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010)
- Bent Christensen Arensøe, Danish footballer
- Bent Peder Rasch, Danish canoe racer (1934–1988)
- Bent Hansen, Danish footballer (1933-2001)
- Bent Mejding, Danish actor, theater manager and director (1937–2024)
- Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (1924–2020)
- Bent Christensen, Danish film director and actor (1929–1992)
- Bent Løfqvist, Danish footballer (1936–2022)
- Bent Wolmar, Danish footballer (1937–2024)
- Bent Sørensen, Danish composer
- Bent Hansen, Danish cyclist, born 1932
- Bent Jensen, Danish footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.