舍帕德

Mandarin transliteration of 'Shepard' / 'Sheppard'. The most prominent bearer is Alan Shepard (艾伦·舍帕德), the first American astronaut in space (1961). Also used for the Mass Effect protagonist Commander Shepard (薛帕德指挥官) in some translations, though that game more commonly uses 薛帕德.

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舍 (Shè) for 'She-', 帕 (pà) for '-pa-', 德 (dé) for '-rd'. The character 帕 (literally 'kerchief, scarf') is a generic transliteration syllable for foreign 'pa'.