Bent Family History
Bent Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous farms and other minor places called with Middle English bent ‘coarse grass’ (Old English beonet ‘bent grass coarse grass’) with reference to a tract of land growing with it. English: nickname from Middle English bent ‘bent curved’ (of the back or legs) or ‘striped ribboned’ (of clothing). East Frisian and North German: from a Frisian-Low German short form of the personal name Bernhart (see Bernhard ). German: habitational name from Bent in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022