Arend (given name)

Arend, Arent or Arendt (all pronounced ) 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
 * 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 Nicolai Dragsted (1821–1898), Danish goldsmith
 * Arent de Gelder (1645–1727), Dutch painter
 * Arend Glas (born 1968), Dutch bobsledder
 * Arend Johan van Glinstra (1754–1814), Dutch painter
 * Arent Greve (1733–1808), Norwegian jeweler, goldsmith and painter
 * Arend "Arie" Haan (born 1948), Dutch football player and coach
 * Arend van Halen (1673–1732), Dutch portrait painter
 * 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
 * Arend de Keysere (died 1490), Flemish printer
 * Arend Kisteman (born 1984), Dutch politician
 * 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
 * Arend Lubbers (born 1931), American college administrator
 * Arent Magnin (1825–1888), Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast
 * Arent Passer (c.1560–1637), Dutch stonemason in Estonia
 * (died 1679), Dutch cartographer
 * Arendt de Roy (died 1589), Flemish architect
 * 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
 * Arent Gustaf Silfversparre (1727–1818), Swedish baron
 * Arend Fokke Simonsz (1755–1812), Dutch writer and intellectual
 * Arend "Arne" Slot (born 1978), Dutch football manager
 * Arent Solem (1777–1857), Norwegian merchant
 * Arend von Stryk (born 1970), Namibian footballer
 * Arent Van Soelen (1898–?), South African sports sailor
 * Arend van der Wel (1933–2013), Dutch footballer
 * (1882–1939), Dutch Arabist
 * Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1770–1853), German pharmacist and botanist
 * Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841), German zoologist and herpetologist, son of the above