Shepard

Where Shepard comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shepard.

Shepard through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,746 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Shepard Smith born
    American television news anchor for Fox News and CNBC
  3. 1970
    Shepard Fairey born
    American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator
  4. 2025
    Peak, #891
    268 babies named Shepard, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Shepard Fairey · American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator, born 1970
  • Shepard Smith · American television news anchor for Fox News and CNBC, born 1964
  • Shepard Menken · American actor, 1921–1999
  • Shepard Stone · American journalist, 1908–1990
  • Shepard Cary · American politician, 1805–1866

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.