# Sheppard

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #19,458

## Definitions
1. An English surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name.
3. An unincorporated community in the town of Brockway, Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States.

## Etymology
From Middle English, from schepherde (“shepherd”).

## Easily confused with
- **shipyard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheppard-vs-shipyard)
- **shepherd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shepherd-vs-sheppard)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hseppard`, `sehppard`, `shepaprd`, `shepard`, `sheppadr`, `sheppardd`, `shepparrd`, `shepprad`, `shheppard`, `shpepard`, `ssheppard`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sheppard