Schelling Family History
Schelling Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Schilling . Dutch: nickname from scellinc ‘shilling’ see Schilling . Dutch (Van der Schelling): habitational name for someone from the West Frisian island of Ter Schelling. Swiss German: nickname for a farmer known for his stud horse from Middle High German schel ‘stallion’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022