Shep
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning shepherd; short form of Shepherd.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Shep by the numbers
Shep was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Shepherd
Like Shep, each of these traces back to Shepherd: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shep. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Shep, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shep
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