Arens Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Records tie Arens closely to Ahrens. The family name meaning is “Eagle (Arnold/Arend)”, the same as for Ahrens.

• Without the “h” of Ahrens, Arens is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• In the 2010 US Census, 3,060 Americans gave Arens as their last name (rank 10,487). French birth records list 178 children named Arens between 1891 and 2000. Births ran at 10 in 1891–1900 and 16 in 1991–2000.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Arens family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Arens family name pack.