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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : One who herds sheep
  • English : From the sheep meadow

Boy name variations

Shepherd

Shepherd

+ 10% this year
Masculine
Uncommon
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Shepard

Shepard

+ 8% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Sheppard

Sheppard

+ 11% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Shep

Shep

+ 17% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Sheplea

Sheplea

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Shepleigh

Shepleigh

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Shepply

Shepply

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Shipley

Shipley

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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