Berend

A Dutch masculine given name and Low German surname that is a form of the Germanic Bernard (Bernhard). The name Bernhard means "Strong bear" or "Strong as a bear" (from Old German bero, "bear", and harti, "strong"). It is related to the Scandinavian name Bernt.

Surname

• Ben Berend (born 1995), American skier
• Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1880–1967), German painter
• Elvira Berend (born 1965), Luxembourg chess grandmaster
• Fritz Berend (1889–1955), German English conductor
• Gudrun Berend, (1955–2011), German athlete
• Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), Court Jew
• Iván Berend (born 1930), Hungarian historian
• Julius Berend Cohen (1859–1935), British chemist
• Nóra Berend, Hungarian historian

Given name

• Berend Brummelman (born 1943), Dutch rower
• Berend Tobia Boeyinga (1886–1969), Dutch architect
• Berend Carp (1901–1966), Dutch Olympic sailor
• Berend George Escher (1885–1967), Dutch geologist
• Berend Wilhelm Feddersen (1832–1918), German physicist
• Berend Hendriks (1918–1997), Dutch artist and lecturer
• Berend Kordes (1762–1823), German writer
• Berend McKenzie, Canadian actor and playwright
• Berend Schabus (born 1957), Austrian speed skater
• Berend Strik (born 1960), Dutch visual artist
• Berend Jan Udink (1926–2016), Dutch politician
• Berend Veneberg (born 1965), Dutch strongman
• Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (born 1944), Dutch politician
• Berend von Wetter-Rosenthal (1874–1940), Baltic-German politician
• Berend Weijs (born 1988), Dutch basketball player

Other

• Berend is the Hungarian name for Berindan village, Odoreu Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania

See also

• Behrendt
• Barend (disambiguation)
• Behrandt (variation of this surname and or alternative spelling)