Schellekens is a Dutch (mostly patronymic) surname. ''Schelleken'' was a diminutive of Germanic names like

Schalk Schalk is both a patronymic surname and a Germanic given name. As a given name, with the meaning "servant", it has been recorded as early as the 8th century as ''Scalco'' and ''Scalcho''. The composite given name "Godschalk" or "Gottschalk" (God's ...

and Godschalk (=God's servant) in North Brabant.Schellekens at the Dutch surname database
/ref> Dutch surnames similarly derived are Schalken, Schel(l), Schellens, and Scheltens. People with these surnames include: ;Schellekens * Anne Schellekens (born 1986), Dutch rower * Elisabeth Schellekens (born 1970s), British philosopher *

Harry Schellekens Harry Schellekens (born 5 November 1952 in Boxtel, North Brabant) is a former association football goalkeeper, who played for NEC Nijmegen, FC Groningen and Vitesse Arnhem. Once he was a reserve player for the Netherlands national football team, ...

(born 1952), Dutch football goalkeeper *

Imke Schellekens Imke Anne Marian Schellekens-Bartels (born 15 March 1977, in Eindhoven) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She was th ...

(born 1977), Dutch equestrian * Maarten Schellekens, possible birth name of Martinus Becanus (1563–1624), Jesuit theologian *

Paul Schellekens Paulus Wilhelmus Adrianus (Paul) Schellekens (born 1951) is a civil servant and diplomat in the Netherlands. Schellekens began his career as assistant legal advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands). From 1994 to 1998 he was the con ...

(born 1951), Dutch civil servant and diplomat ;Schalken, Schalcken * Godfried Schalcken (1643–1706), Dutch genre and portrait painter * Sjeng Schalken (born 1976), Dutch tennis player ;Schellens * (born 1966), Belgian triathlete ;Scheltens * Philip Scheltens (born 1957), Dutch neurologist

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