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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Schilling.
  • Dutch : nickname from scellinc ‘shilling’, perhaps for someone who owed a shilling in feudal dues.
  • Swiss German : nickname for a farmer known for his stud horse, from Middle High German schel ‘stallion’.

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