Given name & surname

Shippey

“sheep”

Shippey is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Shippey goes back to Old English sċēap, meaning “sheep.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Shippey comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Shippey, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Shotley

“Scot, Scottish person”

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Old English

Shockley

“goblin, evil spirit, demon”

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Old English

Shackley

“robber, thief”

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Old English

Stickley

“stile; sharp point”

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Old English

Stickney

“stick; long strip of land”

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Old English

Impey

“shoot, graft, sprig, scion”

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Old English

Ilsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Chidsey

“island”

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Sibling ideas

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