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Ahrens Family History

This most interesting and intriguing surname is of Old Swedish and Low German/Dutch origin. In Sweden the name derives from the Swedish element "arende", tenancy, leasehold, which was a status name given to a tenant farmer. The name may also be a Low German/Dutch patronymic form of "Arnold", which itself derives from an Old German personal name composed of the elements "arn", eagle and "wald", rule. Early examples of the surname in Church Records of German states include: the marriage of Wind Arend and Iischen Caups on March 9th 1645, at Heiden Lippe, and the christening of Trine, daughter of Johan and Margreta Ahrens, on October 20th 1709, at Alt Bukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.