'''Arends''' is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname, meaning "son of Arend".<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=arends&gba_naam=Arends&nfd_naam=Arends&operator=eq&taal= Arends] at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands</ref><ref name="Hanks 2003">{{cite book | last = Hanks | first = Patrick | authorlink = Patrick Hanks | title = Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set | publisher = Oxford University Press | publication-place = Oxford, UK | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-19-508137-4 | oclc = 51655476 | volume = 1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA53 | page = 53 | access-date = 2018-12-14 }}</ref> It may refer to:
* Brett Arends (born 1968), American business journalist * Carolyn Arends (born 1968), Canadian singer-songwriter * Georg Arends (1863–1952), German botanist and gardener * Henri Arends (1921–1993), Dutch conductor * Isabel Arends (born 1966), Dutch chemist * Jacco Arends (born 1991), Dutch badminton player * Jan Arends (1738–1805), Dutch landscape and marine painter * Leopold Arends (1817–1882), German stenographer * Leslie C. Arends (1895–1985), American politician from Illinois * Richard Arends (born 1990), Dutch footballer * Sander Arends (born 1991), Dutch tennis player
==See also== * Angela Ahrendts (born 1960), US businesswoman * Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch painter * Ahrén * Ahrend * Ahrendt * Ahrens * Arend * Arent * Arents * Grace Arents Free Library
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Category:Dutch-language surnames Category:Patronymic surnames