Shippee Family History
Shippee Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the Isle of Sheppey (Kent) Sheepy Magna and Parva (Leicestershire) and possibly also from Shippea Hill on the Isle of Ely (Cambridgeshire) all from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + ēg ‘island’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022