Shep talked about his name on several of his WOR radio shows

	January 1964	How He Got His Name / Cars in NY
	Sep 21, 1969	First Day of Kindergarten
	January 17, 1974	Why Jean Is Not A Girl's Name
	April 6, 1976	Dear Ms. Shepherd / Paycheck Mistake / 1776 & Dumb Americans

Steve Glazer who has done a lot of research and is a constant contributor to this website noticed the many mis-spellings. He writes:

"The recent discovery of Shep's jazz interview in the November 1955 issue of Playboy prompted me to gather all the variants of his name -- Jean Parker Shepherd, Jr. -- that have appeared in credible publications over the years. 
Here are those I have gathered so far". . . 

And my personal favorite (perhaps influenced by Daphne?) . . .
Jean Barker Shepherd

Of course there are other Jean Shepherd's in this world:

Here's an interesting ad from the September 9, 1960 Akron Beacon Journal. Shep would have gotten a lot of kidding over this one!

Another 'real' Jean Shepherd once wrote about the 'real' Jean Shepherd in her weekly column, "The Flip Side"

In the 'close but no cigar' catagory is country singer Jean Shepard.