Brent is an English place name and surname. The place name can be from Celtic words meaning "holy one" (if it refers to the River Brent), or "high place," literally, "from a steep hill" (if it refers to the villages in Somerset and Devon, England) (Mills 1991). The surname often indicates that one's ancestors lived in a place called Brent, but it can also come from the Middle English word brent meaning burned, indicating that one's ancestor either lived near a burned-over area, or was a criminal who had been branded on the cheek (Hanks and Hodges 1988).

Brent has also become a regularly used given name, being among the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1933. [1] When used as a given name today, Brent is sometimes a short form of Brenton, but this was probably not the original inspiration for Brent's use as a given name, since Brenton's own regular use as a first name came many years after Brent was established in that role (Evans 2006). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

Place names

• the London Borough of Brent
• the River Brent which runs through the Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing and Hounslow.
• the Brent oilfield in the North Sea (named after the goose) or its products Brent Crude or Brent Blend
• Brent, Ontario, a small locality in the Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada
• the Brent meteor crater in Canada which was named after the village of Brent, Ontario
• Brent International School, an International School in the Philippines

The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in north west London and forms part of Outer London. ... The Brent is a river in south-east England. ... The Brent oilfield is one of the most productive parts of Scotlands offshore oil assets, although now in steady decline. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Brent Crude is one of the major classifications of oil consisting of Brent Crude, Brent Sweet Light Crude, Oseberg and Forties. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Brent is a community on Cedar Lake in northern Algonquin Park. ... Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in central Ontario. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... Brent is a meteor crater in Canada. ... Brent is a community on Cedar Lake in northern Algonquin Park. ... Brent International School is an international, co-educational day school associated with the Gangstas United Foundation. ...

Surname

• Bix Brent
• Charles Henry Brent
• Dannielle Brent
• David Brent, fictional office middle-manager of BBC television comedy The Office, played by co-writer and director Ricky Gervais
• Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent
• Elinor Brent-Dyer
• Evelyn Brent
• Gary Brent
• George Brent
• Leslie Brent
• Richard Brent
• Richard Brent (scientist)
• Richard Brent (Virginia)
• Robert Brent

Bix Brent (stage name of Ruth Anne Guise, born December 2, 1923 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a founding member of The Heathertones who sang on many recordings in the early 50s. ... Charles Henry Brent (April 9, 1862–March 27, 1929) was an American Episcopal bishop who served in the Philippines and western New York. ... Dannielle Brent is a British actress. ... David Brent is a fictional white-collar office middle-manager and one of the principal characters from BBC television comedy The Office, played by co-writer and director Ricky Gervais. ... Ricky Dene Gervais (IPA: or ) (born June 25, 1961) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning English comic writer and performer from Reading, Berkshire. ... Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee R C Rainford-Brent (born 31 December 1983 in Lambeth, London) is an English woman cricketer. ... Elinor M. Brent-Dyer 1894–1969 was a children’s author who wrote over 100 books during her lifetime, the most famous being the Chalet School series. ... Evelyn Brent, (October 20, 1899 - June 4, 1975), was an American film and stage actress. ... Gary Brent (born January 13, 1976 in Sinoia - now Chinhoyi) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. ... Brent (right) in Experiment Perilous George Brent (March 15, 1904 - May 26, 1979 was an actor in American cinema. ... Leslie Baruch Brent (born 5 July 1925) has been Professor Emeritus, University of London, since 1990. ... Richard Brent can refer to: Richard Brent, (1757-1814), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia Richard Brent, (born c. ... Richard Peirce Brent is an Australian mathematician and computer scientist, born in 1946. ... Richard Brent (1757– December 30, 1814) was an American planter, lawyer, and politician from Stafford County, Virginia. ... Robert Brent (circa 1763–1819) was the first mayor of Washington City, the federal capital of the United States of America. ...

Given names

• Brent W. Jett, Jr., US astronaut
• Brent Musburger, US journalist and sports commentator for ABC.
• Brent Mydland, Grateful Dead keyboardist from 1979-1990
• Brent Sadler, US journalist and CNN reporter, ex-colleague of war-correspondent Peter Arnett

• Brent Scowcroft, security advisor of the US-presidents Reagan and Bush Senior 1989-1993
• Brent Spiner, US actor (for example: "Data" in "Star Trek" or "Dr. Okun" in "Independence Day)"
• Brent Symonette, Bahamian politician
• Brent Tate, Australian rugby league footballer

Brent W. Jett, Jr. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster for ABC. // Educated at Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism, Musburger began his career as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago American newspaper. ... Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was the fourth keyboardist to play for the United States rock band the Grateful Dead. ... Peter Arnett (born November 13, 1934 in Riverton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-American journalist. ... Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft KBE (born March 19, 1925 in Ogden, Utah), USAF (Ret. ... Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Data[1] is a character, portrayed by Brent Spiner, in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series. ... Independence Day is an American action movie about an attempted alien takeover of the Earth. ... Theodore Brent Symonette (born 2 December 1954) is a prominent Bahamian businessman, a Member of Parliament for the Montagu constituency, and the current Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas. ... Brent Tate (born March 3, 1982 in Roma, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league player. ...

Other terms

• the Brent Goose Branta bernicla
• Brent's method in Mathematics
• Brent Crude Oil extracted from the North Sea region.

Binomial name Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) The Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) is a goose of the genus Branta, known in North America as Brant. ... In numerical analysis, Brents method is a complicated but popular root-finding algorithm combining the bisection method, the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... Brent Crude is one of the major classifications of oil consisting of Brent Crude, Brent Sweet Light Crude, Oseberg and Forties. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...

References

Evans, C. K. (2006). The great big book of baby names. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Limited. ISBN 1-4127-1300-5.

Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1988). A dictionary of surnames. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-211592-8.

Mills, A. D. (1991). A dictionary of English place-names. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869156-4.

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