Rens is a Dutch masculine given name – a short form of Laurentius or Emerentius – as well as a patronymic surname derived from it.[1][2] Among variant forms of the surname are Rense, Rensen and Renssen. People with this name include:

Given name edit

Surname edit

  • Els Rens (born 1983), Belgian long-distance runner
  • Frans Rens (1805–1874), Flemish writer
  • Hilde Rens (1972–2009), Belgian singer known by her stage name Yasmine
  • Madame Rens (1789–1873), Flemish-born New South Wales settler and businesswoman

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Rens at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
  2. ^ Rens and Rensen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.