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 was ...

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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 = , closi ...

(born 1995), American skier *

Charlotte Berend-Corinth Charlotte Berend-Corinth (25 May 1880 – 10 January 1967) was a female Germany, German painter and artist in the Berliner Secession. She was married to German painter Lovis Corinth. Life Charlotte Berend studied fine arts at the Royal School of ...

(1880–1967), German painter *

Elvira Berend Elvira Bayakhmetovna Berend ( Sakhatova, born 19 September 1965) is a Kazakhstan-born Luxembourg chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time Luxembourg Chess Championship winner (1998, 2015, 2016) and fo ...

(born 1965), Luxembourg chess grandmaster *

Fritz Berend Fritz Berend (10 March 1889 – 29 December 1955) was a German, later an English conductor, theater and music director as well as Kapellmeister,Willibald Gurlit (ed.): ''Berend, Fritz'', in ders.: ''Riemann Musiklexikon'', twelfth, completely revi ...

(1889–1955), German English conductor * Gudrun Berend, (1955–2011), German athlete *

Issachar Berend Lehmann Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, Berman Halberstadt (April 23, 1661 in Essen, Westphalia – July 9, 1730 in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia), was a German banker, merchant, diplomatic ag ...

(1661–1730), Court Jew *

Iván Berend Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

(born 1930), Hungarian historian * Julius Berend Cohen (1859–1935), British chemist *

Nóra Berend Nora Berend is a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Professor of European History at the Faculty of History. Her book ''At the Gate of Christendom'' was awarded the Gladstone Prize. Selected publications * *Berend, Nora, ed. (2012 ...

, Hungarian historian

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* Berend Brummelman (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 ...

(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 Berend Wilhelm Feddersen (26 March 1832 in Schleswig – 1 July 1918 in Leipzig) was a German physicist. Biography Feddersen studied chemistry and physics at the University of Göttingen, where he became member of Burschenschaft Hannovera ( ...

(1832–1918), German physicist * Berend Hendriks (1918–1997), Dutch artist and lecturer * Berend Kordes (1762–1823), German writer *

Berend McKenzie Berend McKenzie is a Canadian actor and playwright. As an actor he is most known for playing Lance in the 2004 film, Catwoman. As a playwright Berend is most known for his controversial play, ''Nggrfg'' (Nigger fag, subtitled, ''Would You Say the ...

, Canadian actor and playwright * Berend Schabus (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 (born 1944), Dutch politician * Berend von Wetter-Rosenthal (1874–1940), Baltic-German politician * Berend Weijs (born 1988), Dutch basketball player

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* ''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 (''Gombá ...

Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania

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