Given name
Sherilyn
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
Sherilyn is a variant of Sheryl. In English use, Sheryl carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sherilyn is a variant of Sheryl. In English use, Sheryl carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sherilyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,930
- 0 boys · 3,930 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 120 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,621 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.
Sherilyn’s family of names
Sherilyn has a related form in Sheryl. In English usage, Sherilyn has a related form in SHERRILYNN.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sherilyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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