Shedd

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Shed

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).

Proper noun

Shedd (countable and uncountable, plural Shedds)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shedd is the 8512^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3868 individuals. Shedd is most common among White (89.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shedd”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.