Shepard
Shepard is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 1,815 male / 5 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shepard
If you do not know Shepard’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shepard,” in English, “Guten Tag Shepard,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Shepard,
German
Guten Tag Shepard,
French
Bonjour Shepard,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shepard:
Chinese
Shepard您好：
Japanese
Shepard様
English
Hi Shepard,
German
Hi Shepard,
French
Salut Shepard,
Spanish
Hola Shepard,
Chinese
Shepard你好：
Japanese
Shepardさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
United States birth data
1,815 male · 5 female · 1,820 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 99.6% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shepard a male or female name?
Shepard is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Shepard in an email?
If you do not know Shepard’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shepard,” in English, “Guten Tag Shepard,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Shepard a unisex name?
Shepard is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Shepard a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shepard. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shepard,
title = {Is Shepard a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shepard},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}