Sjeng is a Dutch masculinefirst name. The name can still be found inDutch Limburg particularly in the south, in and aroundMaastricht. The name is an alteration of theFrench name "Jean", just like the nameSjang that also can be heard in Limburg.

The male inhabitants from Maastricht are sometimes referred to asSjengen (plural of Sjeng), by themselves as well as by people from Limburg outside the city of Maastricht. The Maastrichtdialect is sometimes jokingly referred to asSjengs.

• Sjeng Kraft: father of a female singer, well known in and around Maastricht:Beppie Kraft. He himself was known as an accordionist and a writer ofcarnival 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 inWeert;
• Sjeng Tans, the founder of theMaastricht University and the university's first president.

• "Sjeng aon de geng" ('Sjeng at work'), a song written in the Maastricht dialect byFrans Theunisz, singer of the band the "Nachraove". The song is played often duringcarnival in Maastricht and even become known throughout the rest of the country in 1995.
• Sjeng & the Gang, a band from the little town ofRoggel.
• SjengGPT, the small language model out of Maastricht

• Culture of Limburg (Netherlands)
• Culture in Maastricht
• Masculine given names

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