Given name & surname
Sherley
“from the bright clearing”
In English use, Sherley has a related form in Shirley. One English interpretation is “from the bright clearing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sherley has a related form in Shirley. One English interpretation is “from the bright clearing.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Sherley has a related form in Shirley. An origin associated with Shirley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Sherley has a related form in Shirley. The history of Shirley gives this family its wider story. Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley gives its heroine a name her parents had chosen while expecting a boy. The novel helped establish feminine use, and the child actor Shirley Temple added another influential association in the 1930s and 1940s.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sherley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,502
- 264 boys · 1,238 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 37 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,234 as a first name in 2020; 666 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.
Sherley’s family of names
Sherley has a related form in Shirley. In English usage, Sherley has a related form in Shirley. In English usage, Sherley has a related form in SHURLEY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Sherley, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Shirlie
“from the bright clearing”
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Sherlie
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Sherle
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Sharen
“rose of Sharon” · “from the plains; a flowering shrub”
>99% girls
Jeraldene
“one who rules with the spear”
>99% girls
Sharyn
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>99% girls
Shirli
“from the bright clearing”
>99% girls
Myrna
“one who is much loved”
>99% girls