Ahrend Family Crest & Name History

Search old registers for Ahrend and you will soon meet Ahrens too. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Eagle (Arnold/Arend)”.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Ahrens was also written Ahrend. Other spellings include Arens and Aarents.

Ahrend coat of arms

Arms linked to Ahrens and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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