Shepard

Occupational family name

Shepard is a surname, most notably associated with astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and playwright Sam Shepard.

As a given name, it has gained popularity, sometimes spelled Shepherd.

The name derives from the occupation of tending sheep.

Little Shepard was named after his grandfather.

surname

Alan

Masculine Celtic name

moonwalk · NASA · spaceflight · golf · lunar · commander · pilot · test pilot · naval aviator · suborbital

variant

herding

Managing animal groups

  • flockAnimals gathered together
  • pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
  • crookBent implement or criminal

guardian · protector · dog · border collie · livestock · grazing · meadow · lamb · woolly · pasture

illusion

optical

Of vision or light

cognitive · psychology · ambiguous · perspective · brain · distortion · impossible · rotating · auditory · infinite

tone

auditory

Of or relating to hearing

scale · octave · psychoacoustics · perception · hearing · logarithmic · musical · interval · semitone · tuning

artist

street art

Illicit public murals

poster · stencil · Hope · Obama · muralist · graphic design · activism · wheat paste · urban art · contemporary

Categories
Opposites
space exploration pioneers

ShepardGagarin

First human in orbit

Yuri Gagarin · cosmonauts

american theatrical voice

ShepardNeil Simon

American comic playwright

Edward Albee · David Mamet · Tennessee Williams · Arthur Miller · drawing room drama

surname type/origin

ShepardHunter

Masculine given name

Slaughter · Butcher · Fowler · Wolfe

Phrases
Family

herd, sheep, shepherd, shepherds, shepherded, shepherding

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G