MEANING & HISTORY
What does Kentoy mean?
Kentoy is explicitly analyzed from Kent with oy, while the Cebuano senses also list Kenneth. Kent has an English place-and-surname history, distinct from Kenneth’s Gaelic families.
The familiar spelling can serve both without inheriting one single remote root meaning.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
A diminutive of Kent. From Kent + -oy.
a diminutive of the male given names Kent and Kenneth
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Kentoy in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Kentoy
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Bintoy♂Vincent or Vicente familiar form
- Intoy♂Cebuano familiar form of Vincent or Vicente
- Kenot♂Ken with the familiar ending ot
- Kent·From the English county-name surname
- Kenzo♂Japanese Kenzō; kanji determine the sense
- Kitoy♂Keith with the familiar ending oy
- Lantoy♂Alan with the familiar ending toy
- Netoy♂Neto familiar form, from Nestor or Ernesto
What rhymes with Kentoy?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Kentoy further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Kentoy (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — Kent (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Kenneth (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.