Arendsen Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Arendsen? Think of it as Arend with a different pen. In origin, the name means “A descendant of Arend (eagle, rule)”.

• Arendsen adds a patronymic ending to Arend, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Arendsen surname had 238 bearers. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Arend and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Arendsen surname pack.