Arend (given name)

Arend, Arent or Arendt (all 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
• 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
• Arent Roggeveen (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
• 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
• Arent Jan Wensinck (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

See also

• Arndt, a related given name
• Arend (surname)