The shepherd Surname
shepherd Name Meaning and History
English: from Middle English schepherde ‘shepherd’ (composed
of words meaning ‘sheep’ + ‘herdsman’ or ‘guardian’), hence an
occupational name for a shepherd. This English form of the name has
absorbed cognates and equivalents from several other languages (for
forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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