Behrens Family History
Behrens Name Meaning
North German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from Behrend a variant of Bernhard . According to documentary evidence for Germans the earlier form Be(h)rendes was generally replaced by Behrens during the 17th century. Jews used the personal name Behrend because its initial sounds are close to those of the common Yiddish name Ber .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022