 The village's first documentary mention came in 1277 in a document from Remigiusberg Abbey, in which a "Conradus dictus Busche de Schulrebure" is named, that last word being the village's name then.Other names that Schellweiler has borne over the ages are "Sullbure" (1289), "Scholwijlre" (1290), "Schilwiler" (1446), "Scelwillr" (1458), "Schelwilre" (1460), "Schelweiler" (1587) and "Schöllweiler" (1677).As for the name's meaning, Christmann suggested the following