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What does Shepard mean?

Shepard Pronunciation of Shepard as a boys' name is of Old English derivation, and Shepard means "shepherd". Shepard is an alternate spelling of Shepherd (Old English): occupational name.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Sh-, -ard

ASSOCIATED WITH old english

Variations

VARIANTS Shepperd, Sheppard, Shephard

OTHER FORMS VIA SHEPHERD Shep, Shepp

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Shepard Sabastian (S.S.), ..

How popular is Shepard?

Shepard is an uncommon first name for men but a very popular surname for all people (#815 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Shepard entered the list in 2014 and reached its peak rank of #926 in the U.S. in the year 2017, and is currently at #963. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Shepard name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Shepard outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent variation forms of Shepard (#963 VIA LATEST LIST) listed in the Top 2000 are Shep, Shepherd (#718) and Sheppard. Other forms, like Shephard, are uncommon. These relations of Shepard were popular with parents in 2018. Shepherd has been the most prevalent, although Shepard appears to be getting popular too.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Shepard, Shep, Shepherd, Sheppard in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Shepard and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Abelard, Adelard, Brevard, Everard, Gaspard, Gerard, Jerard, Lenard, Menard, Renard, Segar, Sewald, Seward, Sewerd, Sezar, Shad, Shadd, Shafar, Shea, Shefer, Sheplea (see Shepley), Shepley, Shepply (see Shepley), Sherard, Sherrard, Sherrerd, Sherrod, Sigvard, Siward, Spark, Spear, Speare, Spears, Stearn, Steinard, Steward and Stewart. These names tend to be more commonly used than Shepard.

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