Given name & surname
Sherard
“one who is wild and untamed; a searcher”·“a seeker”·“from the open field”
Sherard is a variant of Sheridan. Interpretations include “one who is wild and untamed; a searcher” and “a seeker”. These may reflect different naming traditions. Sherard is a variant of Sherrerd. One English interpretation is “from the open field.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sherard is a variant of Sheridan. Interpretations include “one who is wild and untamed; a searcher” and “a seeker”. These may reflect different naming traditions. Sherard is a variant of Sherrerd. One English interpretation is “from the open field.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sherard is a variant of Sherrerd. An origin associated with Sherrerd is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sherard is a variant of Sheridan. The history of Sheridan gives this family its wider story. Sheridan’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sherard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 537
- 537 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 456 as a first name in 2020; 1,085 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sherard’s family of names
Sherard has a related form in Sheridan. Sherard has a related form in Sherrerd.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sherard
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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