Shedd
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Shed
Etymology[edit]
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).
Proper noun[edit]
Shedd (countable and uncountable, plural Shedds)
- A surname from Middle English.
- A census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Shedd is the 8512nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3868 individuals. Shedd is most common among White (89.3%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shedd”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- en:Census-designated places in Oregon, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Places in the United States