shippenEtymologyFrom Middle English schipne, schepne, schüpene, from Old English scypen (“cow-shed, stall, shippen”), from Proto-Germanic *skupīnō (“stall”), diminutive of *skup- (“shed, barn”). Related to shop, shepen.shippen means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nameA surname.A township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States.A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.nounA stable; a cowhouse.