Sjeng (name)
Sjeng is a Dutch masculine first name. The name can still be found in Dutch Limburg particularly in the south, in and around Maastricht. The name is an alteration of the French name "Jean", just like the name Sjang that also can be heard in Limburg.
The male inhabitants from Maastricht are sometimes referred to as Sjengen (plural of Sjeng), by themselves as well as by people from Limburg outside the city of Maastricht. The Maastricht dialect is sometimes jokingly referred to as Sjengs.
Notable people with the name Sjeng[]
- : father of a female singer, well known in and around Maastricht: . He himself was known as an accordionist and a writer of carnival songs;
- Johan "Sjeng" Kremers: the Queen's Commissioner of the Dutch province of Limburg from 1977 to 1990;
- Sjeng Schalken: a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands, born in Weert;
- , the founder of the Maastricht University and the university's first president.
Other uses[]
Categories:
- Culture of Limburg (Netherlands)
- Culture in Maastricht
- Masculine given names