Shepherd
How many real pets are named Shepherd, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Shepherd as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 7 pets are named Shepherd: 7 dogs. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #6,130 among dog names.
Breeds most often named Shepherd
Dogs
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Shepherd
- New York City: 5licensed
- Seattle: 1licensed
- Austin shelter: 1shelter
Shepherd as a human name
This is the meaning of Shepherd as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Shepherd
Dog names about as popular as Shepherd
Shepherd FAQ
How many pets are named Shepherd?
In the public pet records we track, 7 pets are named Shepherd: 7 dogs. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #6,130 among dog names.
What breed is most often named Shepherd?
Among dogs named Shepherd in these records, the most common breed is German Shepherd.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Austin Animal Center Outcomes (public domain). License records count registered pets; shelter records count animals that passed through a shelter (some names are given by staff). Pets that appear in several years of one dataset are counted once. Names are counted as written, so spelling variants are separate.