Arend, Arent or Arendt 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, 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, Dutch canoer Arend Jan Boekestijn, Dutch politician Arend "Arie" van de Bunt, 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, Dutch bobsledder Arend Johan van Glinstra (1754–1814), Dutch painter Arent Greve (1733–1808), Norwegian jeweler, goldsmith and painter Arend "Arie" Haan, Dutch football player and coach Arend van Halen (1673–1732), Dutch portrait painter Arend Hassink, Dutch former road bicycle racer Arent M. Henriksen (1946–2024), Norwegian politician Arend Heyting (1898–1980), Dutch mathematician and logician Arend van 't Hoft, Dutch racing cyclist Arend de Keysere, Flemish printer Arend Kisteman, 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, Dutch political scientist Arend Lubbers, American college administrator Arent Magnin (1825–1888), Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast Arent Passer (c.1560–1637), Dutch stonemason in Estonia Arent Roggeveen, Dutch cartographer Arendt de Roy, 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 Arend "Arne" Slot, Dutch football manager Arent Solem (1777–1857), Norwegian merchant Arend von Stryk, 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