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In all the world, שפרד (Shepherd , Shepard , Sheppard ) is quite a common boy's first name. The first name שפרד is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Botswana, where it is quite a common boy's name, Zimbabwe, where it is quite a rare male name, and South Africa. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Zimbabwe, the United States, and South Africa. More prevalently, שפרד is the last name as well as the forename.
שפרד is also a popular 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; Shepard , the character from 1980 film 'Herbie Goes Bananas' and shepherd 3 , the operatic character in the opera Daphne by Richard Strauss, and in many other works.