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A Dutch masculine given name and Low German surname that is a form of the Germanic
Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...
(Bernhard). The name Bernhard means "Strong bear" or "Strong as a bear" (from Old German bero, "bear", and harti, "strong"). It is related to the Scandinavian name
Bernt Bernt is a Scandinavian variant of the German masculine given name Berend, which is the Low German form of Bernard ( Bernhard). The name Bernhard means "strong bear" (from Old German ''bero'', "bear", and ''harti'', "strong"). Its use in Sweden ...
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Ben Berend Ben Berend (born 29 June 1995) is an American Nordic combined skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closin ...
(born 1995), American skier * Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1880–1967), German painter * Elvira Berend (born 1965), Luxembourg chess grandmaster * Fritz Berend (1889–1955), German English conductor * Gudrun Berend, (1955–2011), German athlete * Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), Court Jew * Iván Berend (born 1930), Hungarian historian * Julius Berend Cohen (1859–1935), British chemist * Nóra Berend, Hungarian historian


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Berend Brummelman Berend Brummelman (born 2 January 1943) is a Dutch rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX O ...
(born 1943), Dutch rower *
Berend Tobia Boeyinga Berend Tobia Boeyinga (Noord-Scharwoude, 27 March 1886 - Amsterdam, 6 November 1969) was a Dutch architect noted for his Calvinist church buildings and as a practicing member of the Amsterdam School. Life Boeyinga was the son of a Calvinist m ...
(1886–1969), Dutch architect * Berend Carp (1901–1966), Dutch Olympic sailor *
Berend George Escher Berend George Escher (4 April 1885 – 11 October 1967) was a Dutch geologist. Escher had a broad interest, but his research was mainly on crystallography, mineralogy and volcanology. He was a pioneer in experimental geology. He was a half-bro ...
(1885–1967), Dutch geologist * Berend Wilhelm Feddersen (1832–1918), German physicist * Berend Hendriks (1918–1997), Dutch artist and lecturer * Berend Kordes (1762–1823), German writer * Berend McKenzie, Canadian actor and playwright *
Berend Schabus Berend Schabus (born 7 October 1957) is an Austrian speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, fren ...
(born 1957), Austrian speed skater * Berend Strik (born 1960), Dutch visual artist * Berend Jan Udink (1926–2016), Dutch politician * Berend Veneberg (born 1965), Dutch strongman *
Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst Baron Berend-Jan Marie van Voorst tot Voorst (born 7 February 1944) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. Van Voorst tot Voorst worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Fore ...
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Berend von Wetter-Rosenthal Berend (von) Wetter-Rosenthal (8 November 1874, Tallinn – 10 March 1940 Krughof ( Kijazkowo), Reichsgau Wartheland, Nazi Germany) was a Baltic-German politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu I Riigikogu was the first legislature of the Esto ...
(1874–1940), Baltic-German politician * Berend Weijs (born 1988), Dutch basketball player


Other

* ''Berend'' is the Hungarian name for Berindan village,
Odoreu Odoreu ( hu, Szatmárudvari, ) is a commune of 4,800 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Berindan (''Berend''), Cucu, Eteni, Mărtinești (''Krasznaszentmárton''), Odoreu and Vânătorești (''Gomb� ...
Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania


See also

* Behrendt * Barend (disambiguation) * Behrandt (variation of this surname and or alternative spelling) {{surname Dutch masculine given names Surnames from given names