Arends

Arends is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname, meaning "son of Arend".[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{{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

}} 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