Updated May 24, 2023

Find Baby Names

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : One who herds sheep

Boy name variations

Shepard

Shepard

+ 8% this year
Masculine
Rare
READ MORE DETAILS
Sheppard

Sheppard

+ 11% this year
Masculine
Rare
READ MORE DETAILS
Shepley

Shepley

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
READ MORE DETAILS
Shep

Shep

+ 17% this year
Masculine
Rare
READ MORE DETAILS

How Popular Is The Name Shepherd

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Middle English schepherde ‘shepherd’ (composed of words meaning ‘sheep’ + ‘herdsman’ or ‘guardian’), hence an occupational name for a shepherd. This English form of the name has absorbed cognates and equivalents from several other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

Famous people with this last name

Famous people who gave their babies this name