Given name
Shermon
“one who cuts wool cloth”
Shermon is a variant of Sherman. One English interpretation is “one who cuts wool cloth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shermon is a variant of Sherman. One English interpretation is “one who cuts wool cloth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shermon is a variant of Sherman. An origin associated with Sherman is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Shermon is a variant of Sherman. The history of Sherman gives this family its wider story. Sherman’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Shermon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 370
- 370 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 14 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 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.
Shermon’s family of names
Shermon has a related form in Sherman.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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