Forename Shepherd

Globally, Shepherd (Shepherd , שפרד , شيبرد , among others...) is quite a rare male first name. The first name Shepherd is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Botswana, where it is quite a common male name, Zimbabwe, where it is quite a rare male name, and South Africa. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the United States. More frequently, Shepherd is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shepherd

name Sheppard, name シェパード, name Shephard, name Herder, name Шеппард, name Shëphérd, name Verga, name Шеперд, name Шепард, name Cowherd, name Shepard, name שפרד, name Шепхерд, name Hierde, name 雪柏, name Shepperd, name Hepara, name شيبرد, name Šhêphêrd, name Shepherd

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shepherd	Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe
שפרד	Israel
شيبرد	Egypt
シェパード	Japan
Шеперд	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Cowherd, Hepara, Herder, Hierde, Shepard, Shephard, Sheppard, Shepperd, Shëphérd, Verga, Šhêphêrd, Шепард, Шеппард, Шепхерд, and 雪柏

First name Shepherd in the context

Shepherd 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.

Notable namesakes

	rezin davis shepherd Swedish vice-consul at New Orleans 1812-23 (1784-1865) (b. 1784)
	rezin davis shepherd American actor (1859-1948), US (b. 1859)
	grant shepherd (b. 1875)
	morgan shepherd American stock car racing driver, US (b. 1941)
	duncan shepherd American film critic, US (b. 1901)
	roy shepherd Australian musician, AU (b. 1907)
	massey h. shepherd American priest (1913-1990), US (b. 1913)
	roy shepherd ice hockey player, GB (b. 1931)
	chandler shepherd American professional relief pitcher, US (b. 1992)
	lee shepherd American drag racing driver, US (b. 1944)
	miranda dorothy emilia shepherd (born 1950) (b. 1950)
	ray shepherd (b. 1948)
	jacoby shepherd Player of American and Canadian football, US (b. 1979)
	heyward shepherd porter at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia railroad station killed by John Brown's raiders
	peng shepherd chinese-American fantasy writer

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Rj, Ro, Pj, Kj, Ky, Bj, Bo, De, Ba, Aj, Al, So, Si, Ms, Mr, Mo, Cy, and Di