Given name
Sherise
“having grace and kindness”
Sherise is a form of Charis. One English interpretation is “having grace and kindness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Sherise carries the interpretation “having grace and kindness.” Sherise is a form of Charis. One English interpretation is “having grace and kindness.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Sherise is used as a form of Charis.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sherise through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 975
- 0 boys · 975 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 43 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 girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 931 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.
Sherise’s family of names
Sherise is a form of Charis. Sherise has a related form in Sherese. Sherise has a related form in Sherece.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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