Arend and Arent are primarily Low German patronymic surnames from the given name Arend. The Dutch surnames "Van den Arend" and "Den Arend" means "(from) the eagle" and have a toponymic origin. ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Arend

• Anthony Clark Arend (born 1958), American legal scholar
• Christophe Arend (born 1975), French politician
• Dieter Arend (1914–?), German rower
• Geoffrey Arend (born 1978), American actor
• Harry Arend (1903–1966), justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
• Sylvain Arend (1902–1992), Belgian astronomer
• Vivian Arend (born 1965), Canadian novelist
• Willy Arend (1876–1964), German track cyclist

Arent

• Benno von Arent (1898–1956), German Nazi stage designer and architect
• Eddi Arent (1925–2013), German actor and comedian
• Patrice M. Arent (born 1956), Utah Democratic politician

Den Arend

• Arie den Arend [ de; nl] (1903–1982), Dutch composer
• Lucien den Arend (born 1943), Dutch sculptor

See also

• Arends, Dutch surname of the same origin
• Arend (given name)

Surname list

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