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. 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)
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References
- Arend, den at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands