Sheepy
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See also: sheepy
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Sheepy (countable and uncountable, plural Sheepys)
- A civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England, which includes the villages of Sheepy Magna and Sheepy Parva.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sheepy is the 50675th most common surname in England, belonging to 54 individuals.
References[edit]
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sheepy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears