Given name · also Turkish
Sheri
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
Sheri is a variant of Sherry. In English use, Sherry carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheri is a variant of Sherry. In English use, Sherry carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sheri comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish شرع (şerʿ, şeriʿ), from Arabic شَرْع.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60,578
- 114 boys · 60,464 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 3,107 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,685 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,685 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,094 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 52,459 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sheri’s family of names
Sheri has a related form in Sherry. In English usage, Sheri has a related form in SHAR. In English usage, Sheri has a related form in Sheri'.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sheri
- Sheri Moon ZombieAmerican actress and fashion designerborn 1970
- Sheri S. TepperAmerican science fiction, horror and mystery novelist (1929–2016)
- Sheri BiggsAmerican politician (born 1970)
- Sheri HagenGerman actressborn 1968
- Sheri Holmannovelistborn 1966
- Sheri SamAmerican basketball player (born 1974)
- Sheri BensonCanadian politicianborn 1965
- Sheri FinkAmerican journalist
- Sheri MartinelliAmerican artist (1918-1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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