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Across the world, Шеперд (Shepherd , Sheperd , Шеперд ) is quite a rare boy's first name. The forename Шеперд is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Botswana, where it is quite a common masculine name, Zimbabwe, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and South Africa. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the United States. More prevalently, Шеперд is the last name as well as the forename.
Шеперд is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shepherd , the operatic character in the opera Oedipus rex by Igor Stravinsky; shepherd 1 , the operatic character in the opera Daphne by Richard Strauss; Shepherd , the operatic character in the opera Œdipe by George Enescu; shepherd 3 , the operatic character in the opera Daphne by Richard Strauss and shepherd 2 , the operatic character in the opera Daphne by Richard Strauss, among other works.