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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : One who herds sheep
  • English : From the sheep meadow

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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