Arend

Arend or Arent (both pronounced /ˈaːrənt/) is a Dutch masculine given name. Arend means "eagle" in Dutch, but the name derives from Arnoud/Arnout, which itself stems from the Germanic elements aran "eagle" and wald "rule, power". The form Arent also occurs in Norway. People with the name include:
Arend, Lord of Egmond (c. 1337–1409), Dutch nobility
Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch landscape painter
Arent Berntsen (1610–1680), Dano-Norwegian topographer and statistician
Arent Greve de Besche (1878–1945), Norwegian bacteriologist
Arend Bloem (born 1947), Dutch canoer
Arend Jan Boekestijn (born 1959), Dutch politician
Arend "Arie" van de Bunt (born 1969), Dutch water polo goalkeeper
Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (1843–1908), American rear admiral of the United States Navy
Arent van Curler (1619–1667), Dutch settler in New Netherland
Arend De Keysere (died 1490), Flemish printer
Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), New York-born British military officer
Arend Dijckman (1572–1627), Dutch merchant who briefly was Admiral of the Polish Navy
Arent de Gelder (1645–1727), Dutch painter
Arend Glas (born 1968), Dutch bobsledder
Arent Greve (1733–1808), Norwegian jeweler, goldsmith and painter
Arend Johan van Glinstra (1754–1814), Dutch painter
Arend "Arie" Haan (born 1948), Dutch football player and coach
Arend Hassink (born 1950), Dutch former road bicycle racer
Arent M. Henriksen (born 1946), Norwegian politician
Arend Heyting (1898–1980), Dutch mathematician and logician
Arend van 't Hoft (born 1933), Dutch racing cyclist
Arent Jacobsz Koets (c.1600–1635), Dutch guard painted by Frans Hals
Arend Langenberg (1949–2012), Dutch voice actor and radio presenter
Arend Lijphart (born 1936), Dutch political scientist
Arent Magnin (1825–1888), Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast
Arent Passer (c.1560–1637), Dutch stonemason in Estonia
Arend Joan Rutgers (1903–1998), Dutch/Belgian physical chemist
Arend Schoemaker (1911–1982), Dutch footballer
Arent Schuyler (1662–1730), New Netherland surveyor, merchant, and land speculator, ancestor of Arent DePeyster and Arent Crowninshield
Arend Fokke Simonsz (1755–1812), Dutch writer and intellectual
Arent Solem (1777–1857), Norwegian merchant
Arend von Stryk (born 1970), Namibian footballer
Arent Van Soelen (1898–?), South African sports sailor
Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1770–1853), German pharmacist and botanist
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841), German zoologist and herpetologist, son of the above
Arend van der Wel (1933–2013), Dutch footballer

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Dutch and German variant of Arnold: derived from the elements arn (eagle) and wald (rule) in Germanic origin.

Ahrend, Arent, Arne, Arnout

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Geoffrey Arend	1978	American actor
2	Arend Oetker	1939	German entrepreneur, economist and art collector
3	Arend Lijphart	1936	Dutch political scientist
4	Arend Heyting	1898	Dutch mathematician and logician
5	Arend Agthe	1949	German film director and screenwriter
6	Lucien den Arend	1943	Dutch sculptor
7	Anthony Clark Arend	1958	Professor:Government/Foreign Service/Georgetown University
8	Arend Jan Heerma van Voss	1942	Dutch actor and journalist
9	Arend Jan Boekestijn	1959	Dutch politician
10	Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann	1802	German zoologist
11	Arend Lubbers	1931	American academic administrator
12	Arend Dickmann	1572	Dutch admiral in the Polish navy
13	Arend Hauer	1909	Dutch actor and television actor
14	Sylvain Arend	1902	Belgian astronomer
15	Stefan Arend	1963	German germanist, historian and journalist
16	Arend Remmers	1938
17	Arend Langenberg	1949	Dutch voice-over, voice actor and radio presenter
18	Arend Joan Rutgers	1903	Dutch chemist
19	Dieter Arend	1914	German rower
20	Arend Schoemaker	1911	Dutch footballer
21	Christina Arend	1986	German association football player
22	Arend Andries Bontekoe	1895
23	Arend Versteegh	1849
24	Carl Arend	1870	German architect
25	Arend Lang	1909	German physician and naturalist (1909-1981)
26	Arend van der Wel	1933	Dutch footballer
27	Arie den Arend	1903	Dutch composer
28	Fritz Arend	1937	German painter
29	Arend Glas	1968	Dutch bobsledder
30	Arend Braye	1890	German politician
31	Arend von Stryk	1979	Namibian footballer
32	Arend Jan van der Horst	1943	Dutch author and landscape architect
33	Arend Jan Dunning	1930	Dutch physician and university professor
34	Arend Jan Westerman	1884	Dutch architect
35	Arend De Keysere	1450	Flemish printer
36	Arend Vollers	1931
37	Arend Odé	1865	Dutch sculptor
38	Arend Jan van Driesten	1878	Dutch painter
39	Arend Friedrich Wiegmann	1770	German botanist
40	Arend Bloem	1947	Dutch canoeist
41	Arend van Dam	1945
42	Arend Johan van Glinstra	1754	Dutch artist
43	Arend Braat	1874	Dutch politician
44	Arend Roodenburg	1804	Dutch architect
45	Arend Anne van der Feltz	1862
46	Werner Arend	1919	German politician
47	Arend Voortman	1930	Dutch columnist, journalist, politician and writer
48	Joseph Arend	1885
49	Stefanie Arend	1975
50	Arend van 't Hoft	1933	Cyclist
51	Arend Edel	1965	Dutch cabaret artist
52	Arend van Dorp
53	Arend Hofmeyr
54	Arend van Slichtenhorst	1616	Dutch historian
55	Arend Vandevelde	1978	Belgian dancer
56	Andres Arend	1958
57	Arend de Vries	1882	Dutch teacher and politician
58	Arend Tael	1901	Dutch writer (1901-1945)
59	Ernest Arend	1889	Luxembourgish association football player
60	Arend ten Oever	1943	Dutch politician (1943-2012)
61	Arend Isaac Diepenhorst	1919	Dutch economist
62	Arend Rothuizen	1906	Dutch architect
63	Arend Fokke Simonsz	1755	Dutch writer
64	Johann Arend
65	Arend Baumann	1903	Officer (1903-1985)
66	Arend Steenbergen	1965	Dutch director and screenwriter
67	Venant Arend	1935
68	Arend Frederik Meijer	1836
69	Arend Biewenga	1903	Dutch politician (1903-1971)
70	René Arend	1928
71	Arend Ludolf Wichers	1858	Dutch politician (1858-1914)
72	Arend Brandligt
73	Arend Kuiper
74	Arend François Louis Gerard Henri van den Steen van Ommeren	1842	Dutch politician
75	Alphonse Arend	1907
76	Arend van Hout
77	Arend Jean Adriaan Hagen	1896	Dutch painter
78	Jacob Ernst van den Arend	1819
79	Willy Arend	1876	German bicycle racer
80	Christophe Arend	1975	French politician