# Trent (name)

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. It may also be a short form of the given name Trenton.

## People
### Given name

* 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 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

* Daniel Trent (1951–1995), American actor
* 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
* 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