Trent (name)

Last updated December 22, 2025

Trent is a surname and a male given name, and means "the flooder". It is generally associated with the River Trent, a river in Britain.^[1]^[2] It may also be a short form of the given name Trenton.

People

Given name

Trent Nashe Mavhusa (born 3rd Jan 2025), young Zimbabwean boy.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (born 1998), English footballer
Trenton Trent Ashby (born 1972, American politician
Trent Barrett (born 1977), Australian rugby league coach and former player
Trent Blank (born 1989), American baseball coach
Trent Boult (born 1989), New Zealand international cricketer
Trent Cole (born 1982), American retired National Football League player
Trent Copeland (born 1986), Australian cricketer and commentator
Trent Correy (born 1985), Canadian film director, screenwriter and animator
Trent Croad (born 1980), retired Australian rules footballer
Trent Cotchin (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
Trent D'Antonio (born 1985), Australian baseball player
Trent Dawson (born 1971), American actor
Trent Dilfer (born 1972), American retired National Football League quarterback and analyst
Trent Dimas (born 1970), American retired gymnast and Olympic champion
Trent Edwards (born 1983), American retired National Football League quarterback
Trent Ford (born 1979), American-born English actor and model
Trent Franks (born 1957), American politician and businessman
Trent Frederic (born 1998), American National Hockey League player
Trent Gamble (born 1977), American retired National Football League player
Trent Gardner (1961–2016), American rock musician and producer
Trent Green (born 1970), American retired National Football League quarterback
Trent Grisham (born 1996), American Major League Baseball player
Trenton (Trent) Guy (born 1987), American football player
Trenton (Trent) Harmon (born 1990), American musician, winner of the fifteenth and final season of American Idol
Trent Harris (born 1952), American independent filmmaker
Trent Harris (American football) (born 1995), American football player
Trent Hodkinson (born 1988), Australian retired rugby league footballer
Trent Hunter (born 1980), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
Trent Johnson (born 1956), American college basketball coach
Trent Klasna (born 1969), American former road bicycle racer
Trent Kowalik (born 1995), American actor, dancer and singer
Trent Kynaston (born 1946), American jazz and classical saxophonist
Trent Lott (born 1941), U.S. Senator from Mississippi
Trent Lowe (born 1984), Australian cyclist
Trent McCleary (born 1972), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
Trent Murphy (born 1990), American National Football League player
Trent Oeltjen (born 1983), Australian former Major League Baseball player
Trent Perry (born 2005), American basketball player
Trent Plaisted (born 1986), American retired basketball player
Trent Preszler (born 1977), American businessman and CEO of Bedell Cellars
Trent Reznor (born 1965), American musician and frontman of Nine Inch Nails
Trenton (Trent) Richardson (born 1990), American football running back
Trent Robinson (born 1977), Australian rugby league coach and former player
Trent Sainsbury, Australian football player
Trenton (Trent) Scott (born 1994), American National Football League player
Trent Sherfield (born 1996), American National Football League player
Trent Sieg (born 1995), American National Football League player
Trent Smith (born 1979), American football player
Trent Taylor (born 1994), American National Football League player
Trent Thornton (born 1993), American baseball player
Trent Tomlinson (born 1975), American country singer-songwriter
Trent Tucker (born 1959), American retired National Basketball Association player
Trent Whitfield (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey coach and former player
Trent Williams (born 1988), American National Football League player
Trent Willmon (born 1973), American country artist and songwriter
Trent Yawney, Canadian hockey coach and former player

Surname

Derek Trent (born 1980), American former figure skater
Djuan Trent (born 1986), American model
Gary Trent (born 1974), American retired National Basketball Association player
Gary Trent Jr. (born 1999), son of the above; American current NBA player
Holden Trent (1999–2024), American soccer player
Horace M. Trent (1907–1964), American physicist
Jackie Trent (1940–2015), English singer-songwriter
John Trent (actor) (1906–1966), American aviator and actor
John Trent (author), American author of marriage and family books
John Trent (director) (1935–1983), British-born Canadian film director
Lawrence Trent (born 1986), English chess player
Nathan Trent (born 1992), Austrian singer
Robert H. Trent (1936–2012), American state legislator and mining engineer
Sybil Trent (1926–2000), American actress
Tererai Trent (born c. 1965), Zimbabwean philanthropist
William Trent (1715–1787), colonial American fur trader and merchant, founder of Trenton, New Jersey

Fictional characters

Trent Crimm, in the television series Ted Lasso
Trent Easton, in the video game franchise Perfect Dark
Trent Fernandez, White Dino Ranger from Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Trent Lane, in the MTV animated series Daria
Edison Trent, main character of the video game Freelancer
Jack and Lucy-Ann Trent, in The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton
Nell Trent, heroine of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop
Philip Trent, gentleman sleuth of the E.C. Bentley novels
Zoe Trent, in the 2012 animated series Littlest Pet Shop
Trent, one of the Magicians of Xanth
Trent (Total Drama Island), in the Canadian animated series Total Drama
Trent Maddock, in the CW television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Trent Walker, in the 1996 film Swingers , portrayed by Vince Vaughn
Kurtis Trent, the secondary protagonist of the 2003 video game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

References

↑ "Trent: Name Meaning, Popularity, and Similar Names". Nameberry. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
↑ "Trent". Oh Baby! Names. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

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[1] "Trent: Name Meaning, Popularity, and Similar Names". Nameberry. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

[2] "Trent". Oh Baby! Names. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

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