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Shepherd (English) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
An occupational name for ‘the shepherd’, for someone who looked after sheep. From the Old English ‘sceap’ or ‘scip’, meaning ‘sheep’, with either ‘hierde’, meaning ‘herdsman’, or ‘weard’, meaning ‘guardian’ or ‘watchman’.
An occupational name for ‘the shepherd’, for someone who looked after sheep. From the Old English ‘sceap’ or ‘scip’, meaning ‘sheep’, with either ‘hierde’, meaning ‘herdsman’, or ‘weard’, meaning ‘guardian’ or ‘watchman’.