Behrendt

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Behrendt (variants: Behrend, Berendt, Berent, Behrends, Behrens) is a German family name, which is derived from the given name Bernd. As early as the 17th century, Berend (Berendt) was common in northern Germany. Then in the 19th century, Behrend is evident in Friesland. Used as patronymic (Berendsen, Berentzen, Berends) it turned into a family name.

Contents 1 Places 2 Other 3 People with the surname 3.1 Behrendt 3.2 Berend 3.3 Berent 3.4 Berendt 3.5 Behrend 3.6 Behrends 3.7 Behrens 3.8 Berendsen 3.9 Berens 4 See also

[edit] Places

Be(h)ren(d/t)(s) might refer to the following places:

• Behrendt Mountains
• Berent, German name of Kościerzyna, see de:Landkreis Berent (Westpr.) (German article)
• Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

[edit] Other

• Behrend, Publisher
• Behrens-Fisher problem
• FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel
• Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens

[edit] People with the surname

[edit] Behrendt

• Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (b. 1953), German Member of the European Parliament, lawyer
• Greg Behrendt, a stand-up comedian
• Jan Behrendt (born 1967), German luger
• Kerstin Behrendt, German athlete
• Larissa Behrendt (born 1969), Aboriginal Australian academic and writer
• Richard Fritz Behrendt, German sociologist
• Walter Behrendt (1914-1997), German politician
• Walter Behrendt or Walter Curt or Kurt Behrendt (1884-1945), Lorraine-born German-US architect

[edit] Berend

• Rolf Berend (born 1943), German politician

Berend is also used as a first name, mainly in the Netherlands

• All pages beginning with Berend

[edit] Berent

• Berent (disambiguation) is German name of Kościerzyna, Kashubia
• Wacław Berent
• All pages beginning with Berent

[edit] Berendt

• Ernst Gottlieb Georg Berendt (1842-1919), German theologian
• Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922-2000) (also Joachim E. or Joachim Ernst Berendt), German Jazz journalist
• John Berendt, American author
• Paul Berendt
• Peter Berendt Købke, birth name of the Danish painter Christen Købke

[edit] Behrend

• Jacob Friedrich Behrend, German jurist

[edit] Behrends

• Leffmann Behrends (Behrend Lehmann or Lippmann Cohen)

[edit] Behrens

• Paul Behrens (1893 - 1984), German clockmaker
• Heidi Behrens-Benedict
• Herbert Behrens
• Hildegard Behrens (b. 1941), opera singer
• Isidor Behrens
• Peter Behrens (1868-1940), German architect
• Sam Behrens
• W. W. Behrens, Jr.
• Bernard Behrens
• Bill Behrens
• Christian Behrens
• Doris Behrens-Abouseif
• Eva Behrens-Hommel
• Frederik A. Behrens (or Frederik Behrens), guitarist
• Friedrich Behrens (1909-), German economist
• Rainer Behrens (b. 1966) German born Photographer http://rainerbehrens.com
• Fritz Behrens (b. 1948 )
• Harry Behrens (b. 1965)
• Heinz Behrens(b. 1932)
• Herbert Behrens-Hangeler (1898-1981)
• Sir Jacob Behrens, Municipal worker at Bradford, England
• Johann Gerhard Behrens, German astronomer
• Manja Behrens, German actress
• Marla Behrens

• Rick Behrens
• Roger Behrens (b. 1968)
• Roy R. Behrens (b. 1946) American author and designer
• Sophie Behrens
• William W. Behrens (or W. W. Behrens)

[edit] Berendsen

• Fritz Berendsen, see German article

[edit] Berens

• Hermann Berens, musician

[edit] See also

• Related family names: Beer, Behr, Baer, Baerenthal, Berenson